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.