Well....to be honest. Ive shot a deer. got down from my tree gutted it right there no farther then 15 yards from my tree. drug it out to the field, less then 50yards away. Went back, got into my tree and shot another deer walking right through where I gutted the first one. Since then I pay no attention, plus in my neck of the woods, the foxes and coyotes are through with the gut pile before you can say gutpile. Dont worry to much about it.