when you kill a deer, should you field dress it wear it falls or should you drag it a ways away from your stand and the deer t

[mattginter]

when you kill a deer, should you field dress it wear it falls or should you drag it a ways away from your stand and the deer trail?

[qaud50]

if you plan to hunt the stand again soon yes do not leave a gut pile laying anywhere near youre stand site as this will run the deer out of the area for some time

[pineywoods]

The gut pile will attract scavengers and predators that will spook the deer away. I always drag the whole deer to a place where I can drive a vehicle and load up and take it back to camp to do the cleaning. I'm fortunate to have access to these facilities and also a place to dispose of the offal. If the terrain between the kill site and the road involves to much vertical surface, I'll gut him before I drag him out and hunt somewhere else for a few days.

[bigjake]

after living in grizzly bear country in the rockies I still drag my deer to an area where I can see a ways.I dont think Ive heard of an eastern black bear attacking a hunter while gutting a deer, but old habits die hard.

[gilley75]

Deer do not know what mortality is, as in they don't know what a gut pile is or where it came from. But like pineywoods said it will bring in the yotes and bears and that will definately scare off the deer.