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Post by michaelc on Dec 5, 2021 15:46:34 GMT -5
Ok well I decided to start a new topic about deer hunting, and I'm very curious about the answers I read. I shot my doe on October 16th 2021 and I was forced to field dress her just to make her lighter since I had a 1.5 mile hike to the car. Since then I haven't had 1 picture of deer. My question is, should I have just went ahead and made that journey without field dressing her, or does it matter if I did or didn't. I've had ol timers tell me that I should've waited and though I take advice seriously, and I'll take y'all's advice the same way.
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Post by welder on Dec 5, 2021 16:23:20 GMT -5
With a 1.5 mile haul, I would most definitely field dress before dragging. The only time I don't dress on the kill spot is if it is within 50 or so yards of a stand that I intend to hunt again within a few days,in that case, I get it 100 or so yards away and Gut. Gut piles don't hang around long.
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Post by beermaker on Dec 5, 2021 16:28:19 GMT -5
I've shot deer from the same stand on consecutive days more times than I can count. Nonsense, in my opinion.
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Post by hooterhunter on Dec 5, 2021 16:38:31 GMT -5
I have had deer eat the stomach contents of a gut pile
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Post by medic22 on Dec 5, 2021 16:39:12 GMT -5
It doesn't matter
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 5, 2021 16:56:11 GMT -5
With a 1.5 mile haul, I would most definitely field dress before dragging. The only time I don't dress on the kill spot is if it is within 50 or so yards of a stand that I intend to hunt again within a few days,in that case, I get it 100 or so yards away and Gut. Gut piles don't hang around long. This… I don’t think guts bother deer but I do think the smell of predators that guts attract could.
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 5, 2021 17:01:06 GMT -5
With a 1.5 mile haul, I would most definitely field dress before dragging. The only time I don't dress on the kill spot is if it is within 50 or so yards of a stand that I intend to hunt again within a few days,in that case, I get it 100 or so yards away and Gut. Gut piles don't hang around long. This… I don’t think guts bother deer but I do think the smell of predators that guts attract could. I rarely field dress in field but I hunt my own private property almost exclusively so usually easy to access with ATV and less gut piles in area = less draw to predators and allows me access to water for cleanup. IF I had a long drag or haul to get deer out I would field dress on site though.
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Post by titanium700 on Dec 5, 2021 17:13:09 GMT -5
I've shot deer from the same stand on consecutive days more times than I can count. Nonsense, in my opinion. Agreed. Had deer sniff the gut pile from another deer and not scare them. Had 2 pards hunt a state park and the first guy killed a 130ish buck right off the bat, the other pard climbed his stand and within a few hours killed a 150”er. It was sniffing the gut pile from the previous buck.
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Dec 5, 2021 17:26:42 GMT -5
In the past I field dress on spot, but last 10 years we haven't. My brother has the equipment to get to must deer. We take out of the woods and then field dress.
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Dec 5, 2021 17:54:45 GMT -5
1.5 mile drag?!??! I’m field dressing that deer.
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Post by Huntnfreak on Dec 5, 2021 18:00:34 GMT -5
Field dress them where they lay...doesn’t hurt a thing!! My nephew missed a buck that was standing at the gut pile of my buck the morning after I shot mine.
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Post by Ahawkeye on Dec 5, 2021 18:07:10 GMT -5
I always field dress Within 5 to 10 yards of the kill site unless I plan to hunt the stand the very next day or the day after that. To Woody's point, it would attract predators but I think they run across predators pretty often anyway I don't think that is a new or different smell to them. I shot my buck and my doe out of the same stand however it was almost 2 weeks apart.
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Post by bill9068 on Dec 5, 2021 18:11:55 GMT -5
The properties I hunt I have 4 wheeler access and tractor access. I have designated spots I field dress at away from my hunting area even though I won’t hunt there again for a few days. Hate dragging deer by hand, getting to old for that.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Dec 5, 2021 18:24:08 GMT -5
I always field dress where they fall. Never been an issue for me. Have saw deer the next day from the same stand and they didn’t seem to care.
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 5, 2021 19:35:32 GMT -5
I don't leave gut piles on anyone else's property. If a deer goes across property lines it doesn't get gutted until it crosses back onto my property.
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Post by budd on Dec 5, 2021 20:12:49 GMT -5
I have two truck loads of scraps, heads, legs, rib cages behind my house. Deer have a trail almost stepping on the pile. Now the friggen wolves found the pile, they may scare the deer off.
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Post by deadeer on Dec 5, 2021 20:55:11 GMT -5
Definitely gut with a drag like that. Hope you got a cart for something that far?
I take home and hang up. As said, access to a garden hose, wheel barrow, sleeves, and gloves make cleanup a breeze and a trash can right there. I dont even worry about gutting right away. Have killed many at first light, gutted at noon or later. As long as it's not warm, or a gut shot, no worries. Some say it ruins the meat, but I can tell you I have been doing it this way for a long time and taken as many deer as anybody here, and NEVER a problem.
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Post by HuntMeister on Dec 5, 2021 20:57:58 GMT -5
1.5 mile drag, not a chance! I would be hauling it out in pieces.
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Post by chewbacca on Dec 6, 2021 15:34:18 GMT -5
I have had deer eat the stomach contents of a gut pile Same here. I shot a buck once and some critters got into the gut pile and opened up the stomach that night. The next day I hunted the same stand and a much bigger buck came through and was eating the corn out of the gut pile. I couldn't believe it! I also hung a camera over a gut pile once to see what all animals would come to investigate. I was surprised how many deer came in to it and were eating the stomach contents. Definitely not something you would expect.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Dec 6, 2021 18:31:02 GMT -5
I have had deer eat the stomach contents of a gut pile Same here. I shot a buck once and some critters got into the gut pile and opened up the stomach that night. The next day I hunted the same stand and a much bigger buck came through and was eating the corn out of the gut pile. I couldn't believe it! I also hung a camera over a gut pile once to see what all animals would come to investigate. I was surprised how many deer came in to it and were eating the stomach contents. Definitely not something you would expect. Now, is that considered baiting?
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