BC, it does work as you suggest, you should sedate the animal near the place you will euthanize it, wait until it takes effect. Yes, you absolutely must have a halter on and someone holding the horse, but not in front of the muzzle, this is the hard thing because the person with the firearm has to stand directly in front of the horse to hit the mark you have made on the horses head, with someone controlling the horse with a lead shank from the side, with the shank over its nose. I forget the dimensions, good idea to be precise, but common sense applies, make sure the person holding the shank is out of trajectory, and to get some height we take em over to a small slope, when the horse is still, and the person holding is not in harms way, time to shoot, properly done he will drop, let out a big puff of gas out the back and probably drop some manure, his vitals may linger a bit longer. It is a good point because something tall like a draft horse, it would be difficult to stay perpendicular on the correct mark. I do not believe the skull is hard to penetrate, using a sufficient caliber, we have done it with a .22, .38 is much more preferable I think. I do not like any kind of point blank discharge of a firearm, I still say there can be risk, because a ricochet is very dangerous thing, though I believe the skull is not thick enough to withstand it, you really don't actually know do you, just like us, we're all different.
Always keep your distance, shooter has to be concerned if the horse stands up, you don't want to get struck, but like I said, done correctly, it is over instantly and is humane as it gets, just like you said, you have to be sure and hit that mark, or just have the vet do it, there is no in-between in my book.
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