Hi,
I guess we should take these as stray instances which went on to become legends. I do not believe this could have existed as a common practice.
Though I'm aware of a couple of instances and have also had a rare privilege of meeting a man (sadly now no more) who had killed a leopard with a sickle.
He was 95 when I met him a few years back in the jungles of Western Ghats.
However, these will be one off cases when people in self defense used what ever was available.
Regards,
Bhushan
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