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Re: Gut piles
Most of the time the gut pile is gone the next day from what I've seen. I haven't witnessed a negative reaction from a deer but to be honest I haven't hunted close enough to one the next day.
I would speculate that it's probably more to do with the residual human scent than the gut pile.
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I would speculate that it's probably more to do with the residual human scent than the gut pile.
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Stanley wrote:I have had mature bucks turn inside out when going by a gut pile. The thing is they not only smell the guts but all the human scent left from the gut job. I would recommend if you are big buck hunting and going to hunt the same area gut them elsewhere.
Interesting, makes a lot of sense!
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Re: Gut piles
Roger Raglin has video of deer eating gut piles, a few bites anyway.
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Re: Gut piles
I normally drag them to some sort of water so I can wash my hands when I am done, unless I am really far from water then I will gut them where they drop.
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Re: Gut piles
I arrowed a doe late morning last year the first week of Nov. and decided to recover her around noon. And right before I decided to go track her I had a super high and tight 8 pointer walk right up her blood trail in front of my stand but skirted my location with no shot opportunity. I got down and gutted her where she laid and drug her back and left her under my stands for the remainder of the day. I actually had a small 6 watch me gut her for about 2 minutes not 30 yards away. I had 5 more deer come by her under my spot within 5 feet of her body and paid her no mind throughout the rest of the time until dark sporactically. I didn't see any bucks after that but the other does, business as usual. and this was on pounded public ground. I saw all kinds of crazy stuff that day. But I was surprised by all my activity and ground scent it didn't turn into a wasteland. It was super dry out and rising thermals all day and pretty windy. I figured the conditions weren't really condusive to hold scent. I know I hated days like that bird hunting with my dog b/c she had a hard time keeping track of stuff. Usually, I never really noticed b/c I have never gone back to a spot with a short turn around after I killed something and left a gut pile in a specific area.
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Re: Gut piles
Animals see / smell dead stuff every day in nature.
The only concern to me would be from human scent left where you did the field dressing. Otherwise, it's not going to bother them.
The only concern to me would be from human scent left where you did the field dressing. Otherwise, it's not going to bother them.
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Re: Gut piles
The mature bucks go threw hunting season every year they are smart enough to put two and two together and understand what it is and how it happened I believe. It's kinda like the first gun shot of the year they know what's going on. Young deer may not but mature buck for sure do I've witnessed it. Not good to do it
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iowa whitetail wrote:The mature bucks go threw hunting season every year they are smart enough to put two and two together and understand what it is and how it happened I believe. It's kinda like the first gun shot of the year they know what's going on. Young deer may not but mature buck for sure do I've witnessed it. Not good to do it
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Re: Gut piles
I think it is one of things we have talked about before. All the small things that you have control over and do or don't do. If you gut a doe out in buck bedding area are you messing up the area, or are you doing everything within your control to be successful?
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
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My thought has always been that with all the scent I leave from tracking it and then dragging, the spot would be burnt anyway. I don't think I have ever hunted a spot less than a few weeks after killing a deer there, so I can't really add anything from experience.
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