Just curious as to what you do with the gut piles in tight quarters.I recently gained permission to hunt a small patch of hardwoods that is surrounded by some large homes.I dont want to ruin a good thing.I was thinking a contractor bag in my pack .Any input is appreciated. Glen
Can you get the deer out whole and gut it elsewhere?
My cousin hunted an area in CT close to homes and would bring the deer out as is, and field dress it at home.
... mike ...
depending on the soil there you could take a folding or real spade.
Dig a hole and fill it, then cover it up.
Glenbo
Down here in TEXAS we have quite a few scavengers and it doesn't take them long at all to clean up a kill site.I would suggest you contact your local game dept.or road dept.,and find out where they take their road kill.It's good that you care enough to worry about it.Hope you're blessed with a BIG gut pile!
If possible take the whole carcass out. If you leave a pile or bury it, someone's dog will get in it and start problems for you or someone(or some kids) will walk through and find/smell the remains. No sense on risking a good thing on something so simple to deal with.
When hunting urban areas we carry an extra large game bag and a game cart.
Conceals the deer from residents until we can get it to the cleaning shed.
For us it is mandatory to bring the whole deer out though.
I think taking out the whole carcass seems like the way to go.I dont need any bloody dogs returning home.Now I just need to make it happen.Thanks,Glen
I never gut in my hunting area.I take it home and gut it.I am always within 20 min to my house or my buddies.Leave a gut pile in my area and you will have guys sitting in your stand by morning.
We have learned the hard way... When we first started hunting in tight aereaswe left the pile.. Two days later the owner called and did not want us to come back,left a message on the phone, would not return my calls.. Several months later ran into him and his wife. asked what I did wrong. Yup left the pile dags and kids found it.
After that it became a whole lot smarter to bring out the whole thing. As said above we use a cart with a cover on it and nobody sees anything...
Hope this helps...
Later....Buzz
Yup, take whole deer out. Hang by head when ya get home with hind feet about a foot off the floor than place a garbage bag in a large garbage can and slide it under, gut away. Works perfect and no mess, double the garbage bag to be safe!! Shawn
even when not mandatory i always haul the whole animal out in suburban or semi suburban areas. i've been hunting the suburbs for 20+ years and in that situation "out of sight, out of mind" is the rule to live by. the only problem with the bury it idea is the possibility of someone's dog/dogs digging it up and dragging it back to their yard.
Bury it... todd
DO NOT BURY GUTPILES
Carry a heavy duty contractor bag and get it out, throw it in a dumpster but don't leave it in a residential area for dogs and possums and others to dig up and spread around- the first thing you know some kid will drag it home sayin' "Mom, look what I found..."
and then you won't get permission any more.
Do Not gut it where you hunt.
Take it out whole, and gut it where it will NOT cause any problems. Even a poodle will roll in guts.
Thirty or forty pounds more to drag won`t bother you near as much as losing a place to hunt.
leaving a gut pile in a residential area would be the quickest way to get the boot. i've never field dressed a deer. didn't see the point in getting bloodied twice.
In the wild the scavengers will clean up a gut pile pretty quick. I don't think you can rely on that in more urban areas. I agree with the take it out whole idea. Be carefull if it is warm out though, you don't want to spoil the meat.
BURY THE GUT PILES AND BE DONE WITH IT!!!!!
With all the bears and coyotes around I've never seen a gut pile last over night. even in a residential area.
I'll help you get it out whole buddy!
QuoteOriginally posted by lpcjon2:
I never gut in my hunting area.I take it home and gut it.I am always within 20 min to my house or my buddies.Leave a gut pile in my area and you will have guys sitting in your stand by morning.
People never cease to amaze me.
Always a dilema in suburbia......I deal with it every year, depending on the property.
I agree with most of the posts regarding dragging the deer out whole and doing the field dressing somewhere else.
I'm lucky enough to have one property where the owner says to just do it and leave it in the woods. I did twice last year and found the piles gone by the second day. Yotes are everywhere there, so I'm sure they were making quite the noise at night when they were on it, but the owner never mentioned it and his (and his wife's) primary focus is on reducing the deer population (they are probably really used to yote noises at night).
Heavy duty garbage bags are ideal for dealing with the issue in tight suburban areas. Better safe than sorry....
Ask the landowners what they prefer. Give them the several options.
I tend to agree though, "if in doubt, carry it out". It isn't that much extra work and may be well worth having a nearby place to hunt.
ChuckC
Although I am a proponent of get the guts out yesterday and cool the carcass ASAP I would lean towards complete removal and field dress off site.
You don't have to field dress off site.
Empty it out, into a garbage bag, and take it out that way.
That cools things right away, but doesn't leave evidence for walkers, house dogs, and kids to find evidence and take it home to mommy, and doesn't give another reason for coyotes to hang around close to houses during daylight hours, when kids might be out and about.
I would take the whole deer out and do it somewher else,not close to homes.
I'm with Ray, especially if it is warm were you hunt. If leagal you can always leave the guts somewhere where you can set up for a little yote hunting.
QuoteOriginally posted by Spectre:
QuoteOriginally posted by lpcjon2:
I never gut in my hunting area.I take it home and gut it.I am always within 20 min to my house or my buddies.Leave a gut pile in my area and you will have guys sitting in your stand by morning.
People never cease to amaze me. [/b]
Jeff,I even put the deer in a body bag from work(a new one)so not to leave a blood trail..And they do look around the area you park just to see if you got something.It also makes for an easy drag of the deer.And on those warm days you can gut the deer and hang it and put the deer back in the bag(while its hanging) with some dry ice and it will keep cool for a few days,so it can age.
I hunted an urban hunt in Fargo a few years back and when I shot a deer I threw the gut pile in the Red River. I'm sure the catfish and carp had it gobbled up in no time.
Take it home and field dress when hunting residential areas. Try and leave no sigh that you were ever there.......Randy
First, I'd ask the landowner. If he says leave it, leave it. If you're trying to get permission on adjoining land, go with your gut (pun intended)
There are probably more coons, opossums, skunks, fox etc. in suburban areas than in some of the big woods that you hunt. (I believe this to be true because I trap nuisance animals for a living and most of my skunk, coon work is in suburbs).
Glen, Curt probably has some experience with this as he hunts some residential areas!! He and Cade will help ya get it out. Even if it is hot out, it will not spoil if ya get it gutted within a few hours of killing! Shawn
If you're in a reidential area I am assuming there is going to be other property owners close by. Just getting "your" landowners permission to leave the gut pile isn't going to prevent the other nearby neighborhood kids and dogs from finding it. Most people won't appreciate the yipping coyotes and other critters hanging around either. Just get it out whole.