I believe they'd lick a gut pile, and don't think that means they're tame. They just don't know what it is. I shot a nice 8 point last year, and he dropped about 20 yds from the stand. Arrow hit both lungs and the heart. I hunted every night the rest of the season out of the same tree stand, and I saw deer pass right by the gut pile every night...well, for the week they lasted. Not many yotes there at the time. 15 years ago I shot a HUGE doe that was RIGHT under my tree stand with a shotgun. She ran about 30 yds away, stood there a few minutes, then dropped and twitched for about 5 minutes. I stayed in my stand and watched...the 6 point, and 4 point bucks that were with her, just stood there looking at her and looking around. I waited until about 20 minutes after dark to retrieve her, and I heard them run off as I approached. Deer do funny things, sometimes STUPID things...that's probably the only thing they have in common with humans. Oh, back to the topic at hand, I spill the guts where they drop.