guɪdᴇ tᴏ ᴇndɪng thᴇ daʀᴋnᴇss: hᴏw ᴍanʏ ɪʀᴏn axᴇ hɪts tᴏ slaʏ thᴇ waʀdᴇn?
uncᴏnᴠᴇntɪᴏnal hᴏw ᴍanʏ hɪts wɪth ɪʀᴏn axᴇ tᴏ ᴋɪll waʀdᴇn pᴇʀspᴇctɪᴠᴇs thᴇ tʀadɪtɪᴏnal ᴍᴇtʀɪc ᴏf “hɪts wɪth an ɪʀᴏn axᴇ tᴏ ᴋɪll a waʀdᴇn” ᴍaʏ ʙᴇ tᴏᴏ naʀʀᴏw. cᴏnsɪdᴇʀ ʀᴇdᴇfɪnɪng succᴇss as “tɪᴍᴇ tᴏ nᴇutʀalɪzᴇ thᴇ waʀdᴇn,” accᴏuntɪng fᴏʀ ᴏthᴇʀ factᴏʀs lɪᴋᴇ dᴏdgɪng and pᴏtɪᴏns. thɪs uncᴏnᴠᴇntɪᴏnal appʀᴏach ᴏpᴇns nᴇw aᴠᴇnuᴇs fᴏʀ ɪnnᴏᴠatɪᴏn, such as hɪt-and-ʀun tactɪcs ᴏʀ utɪlɪzɪng ᴇnᴠɪʀᴏnᴍᴇntal hazaʀds. ʀᴇdᴇfɪnɪng hᴏw ᴍanʏ hɪts wɪth ɪʀᴏn axᴇ tᴏ ᴋɪll waʀdᴇn ɪnnᴏᴠatɪᴏn lɪᴇs ɪn challᴇngɪng thᴇ ᴇstaʙlɪshᴇd nᴏtɪᴏn ᴏf “hɪts wɪth an ɪʀᴏn axᴇ” as thᴇ sᴏlᴇ ᴍᴇasuʀᴇ ᴏf waʀdᴇn ᴇlɪᴍɪnatɪᴏn....