User blog comment:The.Outsider/Hunting/@comment-4829046-20120622165206/@comment-4829046-20120623015736

Actually if you remember correctly " The quality of the kill, dependant on the number of hits the animal takes, amongst other factors, also increases the value of the resource.  " meaning that you won't always have a one hit kill, meaning you will miss a vital organ or maybe miss completely [visit here for more details http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Hunting]