I still see them in the areas I hunt. In fact I shot a high 160 class muley buck when I was in the middle of gutting an elk.We where gutting a moose and deer where walking through the cut block. I can kill a buck and see animals the very next day not far from the animal pile. Between the birds like eagles crows magpies whiskey jacks and coyotes and bears these gut piles are gone within 24 hours. All that's left is a stain of blood on the ground and even then the blood stained dirt been licked up.