Gary Reeder
The dart has a special formula inside
Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 14:22

the syringe that is shot out of a special "air rifle". The "air rifle" is powerful enough for the dart to penetrate an elephant's or rhino's tuff 2 inch thick hide. It knocks out the animal for around 20 minutes. Then they give the animal another shot that brings him back unharmed.
The purpose of darting is for those that like to stalk a big game animal but don't feel the need to kill it. So they dart the animal, take some pics of it and it revives in a few minutes and no harm done. Darting is done on Rhinos, elephants and other large game animals.
With some of our big game animals becoming more and more rare this is a way big game hunters can do a full stalk and "shoot" the animal in a normal hunt, but the animal lives thru the experience with no harm done.
When they are darting the animal the hunter uses a gun shooting a syringe that knocks the animal out. Then a doctor goes in immediately and checks the animal out to make sure it is still breathing and no harm done. Then the hunter has the pictures taken and steps back and lets the doctor take over and give the animal another shot to revive him.
This way a hunter can "take" the animal of his dreams without actually killing the animal. Even endangered animals can be darted without harming the animal and without taking an endangered animal out of the herd. The cost of darting an animal is about one third of what you would have to pay to actually hunt and kill the animal.