Yeah i sure hope ny is kidding about the stew and the plecenta soup has to be the nastiest thing i ever heard of im in agreement with most here knock the guts out as soon as possible leave them right there and there will be many happy critters to come yotes,eagles and countless other birds, martins lots of things i have a hard time beleiving a deer would be licking a gut pile after it was shot those would be some hella tame deer