Best way to kill a Stump?

[mongo]

I'm at the point where I am getting tired of killing skeles on the beach at Padres. So I went over to Cutthroat. Stumps are beatable but I noticed something interesting.

I was working on my pistol. I wasn't sure what ammo to use. I tried Silver Shot and it worked eventually but I took a bit of a pounding getting it done. The biggest damage came from a surprising place- the Venom shot to the tune of twice as much damage as silver (and I have 1 skill point in each).

Does this mean they are classified as "Living" and Steel Shot (when it is unlocked to me) would be even better?

I have done it with grenades (and it's almost as annoying as using them on Kingshead) and Vodoo (poke and swarm them to 100 rep points).

The cutlass and dagger didn't seem as effective with a lot more misses than you would expect.

Does anyone have any oter ways for taking them out?