I' m with Strut. Can' t see gutting in timber as Most of my deer are taken within 1/2 mile of the house. Easier to handle, water handy, gut under the hanging tree to skin and 10 feet to the garage for butchering. No leaves, grass, dirt, etc. The scraps usually fit in a 5 gal. bucket, dump them in our hayfield and the buzzards clean it up in less than 24 hrs.
Russ