One year, I left a doe for 15 minutes and came back with the handtruck and pure white german shephard, the neighbor dog, tore into the guts and went home with a nice suprise for his family. Now I rarely will leave a deer unattended like that in our woods for more than a few minutes.

Also, one more tip. The deer like to bed in the sloughs within and just outside of our woods, so for a morning hunt, I will have my wife actually drive down our driveway and when I get to my stand spot or blind, sprint the 50 yards or so needed to either and get situated as she drives away. The idea being is it was just a vehicle and any potential threat is gone. This has worked. If my wife is not on her way to work or not willing to get up on Saturday morning for this cunning tactic, I won't hunt the mornings or if I feel its a really good time to hunt, I'll go in pitch black darkness and walk slowly, grunting like a buck every now and then.