It appears people have different definitions or interpretations of what the meaning of DRT is. To quote the OP...….
"One of the most spectacular DRT's was with the 150 gn from a 30-30, broadside, tight to the shoulder @ 30 yards. The deer jumped almost straight up, landed on its side, made another 30 foot leap and crashed to the ground closer to me than when I shot".
I wouldn't consider the OP's example as a DRT as much as it's an example of dying in sight. A DRT in my mind is the animal drops instantly, legs and body are "frozen", it doesn't take a step or get up and run or try to run and is dead almost immediately. In my 48 years of hunting big game a CNS shot most often causes a DRT. I personally do not think it's over rated at all. My tracking and long dragging days are long past.
