My hunting area is in close proximity to my home.....and therefore I take a different approach. I don't take anything other than my bow and field glasses with me to the field. When I shoot a deer......I go home and prepare things there for the job ahead. Then....take the 4-wheeler back and get as close as I think I can without busting up the bedding areas. I'll drag my deer to the 4-wheeler or truck.....and I take it back to my home. I'll then take it to a remote spot about 1/4 mile away to gut it. Back to my out-building.....where I have a gambrel hung....and THEN I've got about a 30 min. job ahead of me (Unless I'm caping it out....which is another ENTIRE story!).

I don't leave gutpiles (most of the time)....because of the proximity to people's homes and the thoughts that their pets may get into them. It's simply a courtesy thing.

Jeff