DRT / Instant Kill...What does it all mean?

[Pahoo]

Whaty about the high shoulder shot? Doesn't that drop them in their tracks?

What if it had run or taken a few steps and then dropped? That wouldn't have surprised you if it did but happy for you that it didn't. It could have gone either way and darn if I can explain it. Won't go into details but we had one deer that was a high shoulder shot and it was still hobbling around on three legs. Another took a high shoulder shot that also got the spine and he stumpled for about five feet and took a few more seconds to die. I made my peace with that one. ...

The only shot that one can possibly predict that it will drop on the spot, is a brain shot and seeing what can happen, I'm not too sure on that one, now. .....

We do our best, in our own best ways and;

Be Safe !!!

 

[Kreyzhorse]

I don't consider it "DRT" unless the animal is dead. Any movement will be involuntary. If it can move it's head or focus it's eyes to look at you, then it's not dead yet.

+1. In my view its pretty simple; the animal doesn't run or take a step and is dead as soon as its on the ground.

With that said, I'm not sure that I've ever had an instant kill but I've been close. I shot an antelope at 176 yards. My first shot hit him in the heart but he stood there long enough for me to think I missed him and chamber a second round, aim and fire. As I fired he collasped and my second shot missed him. Once he was on the ground he didn't move but it did take a 3 or 4 seconds before he fell.

Quick kill? Yes, instant, I'm not so sure. The antelope was dead on its feet for a few seconds but

 

[Young.Gun.612]

For me, it would mean DEAD right there. Not necessarily instant kill, it could take a few seconds to a minute to die, but if it drops and doesn't move, DRT.

 

[markj]

Dead is dead, no ranges of dead, no levels of dead. Drag it home and eat it. Why so much thought to killing an animal. It is an animal after all and you will use it for food. Kill it, clean it, cook it. Story over some things just dont take too much in the way of thinking. Used to be kill or starve or worse yet eat veggies.....

 

[BIG P]

Drt lights out,game over,no blood trail needed:d

 

[Crankylove]

Drops Right There.........is what it says. May not be dead, but it is down (without moving from the spot is was shot), dying, and not getting back up.

Drops Dead Right There/Instant Kill..........again, self explanatory. The "Canoe Head" as Frankenmauser said, already dead when it hits the ground.

 

[jhgreasemonkey]

I've only had or even seen a deer drop right there without even moving one time. I literaly came 10 feet face to face with a deer while hunting the thick brush, I shot it between the eyes with my 7mm rem mag and it hit the deck without even twitching. Usually even with a good shot through the heart or lungs the deer runs around all crazy like before it drops. It's weird. I think we can blame hollywood for conditioning us to believe that when living creatures are shot they fly back several feet and die before they hit the ground. Who here has seen deer with a silver dollar sized hole clean through it run a ways before it hit's the dirt? Probably most hunters.

 

[wpcexpert]

Who here has seen deer with a silver dollar sized hole clean through it run a ways before it hit's the dirt? Probably most hunters.

I know I have. I seen shots that made me ask "how'd he make it that far".

I remember I was hog hunting with a shotgun w/00 buck. I was slipping down a dried creek bed. I stopped and leaned against a tree and had a 100lb boar walk right up to me at 10 feet. I had the shotgun trained on him from about 30yds but wanted to see how close he would get. When he stopped and looked at me, I shot him in the front of the chest, cutting his heart in half. He dropped and twitched a bit.

I guess the shock from a full load at that range was just too much from him.

 

[EMN89]

To me DRT means just that, the animal must drop in its tracks and not move except for maybe a few involuntary muscle spasms. I have seen deer hit that you know for sure are DRT only to see them run off a ways before expiring. I shot a decent six point buck a few years ago with slug gun that was hit "perfectly" with a double lung/heart shot, he still ran about 60 or 70 yards before he dropped. Last year I shot a big doe at about 25 yards on a full run, I made a high shoulder shot and she was dead before she even hit the ground she didnt even twitch.

 

[hooligan1]

DRT: Dynamic Research Technologies, DRT is their motto,, I guess,....Google it. see for yourself... There's no way in Independence Mo. I can afford that stuff man!!!

 

[Brian Pfleuger]

The only way to produce literal, instant "dead" is a brain shot. Anything else will leave several seconds of living, if not conscious, animal.


Every hunter that I've ever known understands "DRT" to mean that the animal dropped instantly and did not get back up, dying in short order.

I can't imagine how it would be a complicated concept.

 

[RaySendero]

DRT(Dead Right There) or Instant Kill


I didn't vote because I use the 2 terms to mean different things.

Instant Kill - Your option 1.
DRT - Your option 2.

 

[Scorch]

It is essentially impossible to instantly kill any animal right where it stands unless you hit the CNS. They pretty much drop where they stand when you sever the spine or scatter their CNS over an acre.

Dropping right where it stands with a chest/shoulder shot is common enough, but will get a fair bit of OOooohs and AAaaaaaahs from the folks who see it, kind of like dropping your opponent in a fistfight with a punch to the solar plexus and him not even twitching. Common, but not usual. Just realize that the deer is not dead when it hits the ground with a chest shot, it is suffocating and will likely be dead by the time you get there.

More common is the deer that takes the hit, staggers or bolts 20-100 yds, then keels over. I really don't care which it is, but with a chest shot the deer suffocates, with a head/neck shot it drops on the spot. I prefer the head/neck shots because I don't want to have to track my deer all over the county.

 

[Hoskins]

IMO... DRT means..."DEAD." No brain function, the same as a T-Shot on a human. "Dropped in it's tracks" IMO means it is down but not dead yet, i.e. still bleeding out ir waiting for the heart to stop beating.

Regardless, DRT or Dropped in it's tracks is what I strive for...a good clean kill. No poor shots or trying to will a shot...go shot placement, good hit, clean/quick kill...as quick as possible anyways.

 

[Creade]

My worst shot ever was a "Drop Right There" and it definitely wasn't a clean kill in my opinion. My rifle and I had a bit of a tumble early in the day and dinged a tree, I didn't think the scope was affected at the time.

A few hours later I had a whitetail running 100 yards out and dropped her with a spine shot due to my scope being off. I tried to finish her with a headshot and it just got messy.

So, even if it "Drops right there" I don't necessarily feel its a clean kill after this experience.