I spine shot a cow elk with my muzzle loader. Was reading fictional and non-fictional tales of the old time mnt men at that time. Rather than use a second load from the caplock. I grabbed the cow under her chin to slit her throat. It was a very bad idea with an unsuccessfull ending. I reverted back to the Hawken and discovered I was a better reader than a mnt man.
Whatever the minimum is. Its better than a knife. :-)
