Originally Posted by
UncleNorby
If you didn't have to spend a lot of time looking for the deer I don't think it will matter much if you hunt again right away. I've shot deer on successive days from the same stand. The deer don't mind a gutpile in the least. It might even atttract them. They seem to be curious about it.
After my hunt yesterday I can agree with this statement 100%. While it seems a gutpile would be a huge warning flag to deer, it is simply another part of nature. Your scent at the site is more likely to spook them.
I was just out doe hunting yesterday (Monday a.m.) and called up a nice big 10 point main frame with 3 big stickers coming off the back of his right G1, and he wandered right up to the kill site and gut pile of the big buck I just shot from the same stand Friday night. Stood there smelling and pawing at the ground for a couple minutes before he passed 15 yards from my tree.
Unfortunately the downside to filling your buck tag early in Iowa and continuing to hunt doe is having to watch helplessly as another big bruiser gives you what would be a chip shot.
