Dart Lesson: How to recognize if a dart is about to discharge in your face. You have to look at the colors. Here is the thought process: you darted the animal, it was a good, solid hit and the animal is not sedated at all or just a bit sedated, you go look at the dart, and you see the drug reservoir is still clear. There is not grey powder residue in the drug reservoir. DO NOT stick a needle retrograde into the needle of the dart. DO NOT try to get the drug out. DO NOT haphazardly set the dart d