I always gut them where the fall. Last year, shot a nice seven point on one property and gutted him as usual. I didn' t get another deer off of that stand. In fact, we didn' t have deer come through that trail for the rest of the year. It was a very well used trail that I funnelled several years ago. ( I opened the fence with the farmer' s permission) Maybe it was nothing. Maybe not!

On that property, I' ll drag them out.

Greg