Gut piles in residental areas

[Guru]

I'll help you get it out whole buddy!

[Spectre]

Originally 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.

[hayslope]

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....

[ChuckC]

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

[Tree Rat]

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.

[Ray Hammond]

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.

[JRY309]

I would take the whole deer out and do it somewher else,not close to homes.

[razorback]

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.

[lpcjon2]

Originally posted by Spectre:
 

Originally 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.

[rock_hunter]

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.

[WRV]

Take it home and field dress when hunting residential areas. Try and leave no sigh that you were ever there.......Randy

[TooManyHobbies]

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).

[Shawn Leonard]

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

[Burnsie]

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.