Double Naught Spy
Sus Venator
Why so many DRT online?
I frequently see people writing about how all of their deer "DRT"….stands for "drop right there."
As H&H said, Dead or Drop, but either way, you see so many of these mentioned online for many reasons. I think the biggest is because people embellish and misremember stories. As one guy told me about his kill being DRT, it was DRT, ... about 100 yards from where he shot it, LOL.
The other thing is that people are seemingly much better online than they are in reality. It doesn't matter if it is DRT, shooting groups, or guns that NEVER malfunction. What is reported online is what I think people most often like to tell you happened, but maybe not so much how it really happened in many cases.
I hunt hogs and not deer. My goal is to drop the animal as quickly as possibly. Anything not a DRT is something of a failure to me because it usually means I have to go searching in the bottoms or the briar. Sadly, I am much more proficient at searching the bottoms and the briar than I would like to be.
We all have good days and bad days. My hog videos certainly reflect this.
And what happens when you post online about less than optimal shots, non-DRTs and the like? People give you a hard time. That is especially true with videos where people can see what you are doing. They blame you, the gun, the ammo, and sometimes even create near-mythical stories about how _______ (insert animal type here) is so tough. So there is motivation to not say that you had anything other than an optimal shot with a perfect DRT lest ye suffer the wrath of the keyboard commandos.
I have to laugh. I shot a nice hog a few years ago that ran about 100 yards. It was a decent shot from a .45-70, but it took us a while to find it. My hunting buddy recounted the story to some of our friends. I loved hearing that story. While not a DRT story, I swear, it got better every time he told it. The hog got bigger, shot placement was better, it ran further, and we had more trouble finding it as time passed and the story got retold. I enjoy hearing HIS story about MY hunt. Sometimes, I think that is just the nature of hunting stories.