Clifford D Simak's "The World That Couldn't Be" (novelette, first contact, free): Hunting an unkillable "animal"

One of the human colonists, Gavin Duncan, has a farm growing a valuable medicinal herb called vua, employing humanoid natives as labor. Recently, a local animal called Cytha has been eating his crop at night. So finally, he's decided to hunt it down.

Only, the natives are very superstitious about it, & consider it unkillable. But Duncan is adamant. Three long days of tracking Cytha, & Duncan is coming around to see his query with fresh eyes...

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First published: Galaxy, January 1958.
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Rating: A.
Related: Stories of Clifford D Simak.