RE: a super dumbo question
It is not disrespectful to leave the gut pile where you clean the animal. Of course this should be well back from major trails or roads people may commonly use as predators and other animals will be feeding on it.
I have always thought of it as sharing my kill with nature. If you do become lucky enough to take an animal, you will find a gut pile rarely lasts a full day before it is barely a stain on the ground. The coyotes, raccoons, skunks and then the crows and depending on where you hunt turkey buzzards make very short work of it.