Never had a problem until this year and it didn't bother the deer . I dragged my son's deer to a spot naer a trail in an old vineyard and told him to gut it there . It was just off the trail . Usually gut piles don't last more than 2 days . Anyway , some animal had dragged part of the pile out onto the trail .
Apparently one of the property owner's neighbors rides his ATV on the trails and spotted it and complained . I should have selected a better spot for the pile but usually no one is ever in the the area during bow season . I know the land owner doesn't make trips through that hilly spot . He probably reacted with the info that the ATV rider gave him . However we will be more carefull in the future !