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Were you cutting into the grain of the wood or across the grain? If you use something like a stump your axe goes through the neck and sinks into the stump, cutting the head off. If you use something like a 2x12 you are cutting across the grain so your axe won't penetrate as well, likely...

What was the neck resting on? You want the blade (whatever you use) to go into the grain of the wood, not across it. If you use a stump, the blade will sink into the wood a bit, going clean through the neck. If you use a 2x12 you are cutting across the grain and the blade can bounce back...

Why? What was most appalling to you? Was it the failure to cleanly kill him the first try? Was it the head coming off unexpectedly? Was it all the blood? Was it him flopping around after the head came off? Something else? What parts do you dread the most for the next time? Some of this...