Been leaving things hanging in the woods or on the trails for 50 years. We started doing it decades ago when our old dog would take off for the next county in pursuit of a snowshoe. We' d leave a coat where we left and when we came back a few hours later the old dog would be curled up on the coat. I' ve peed and left coats on deer I didn' t want to drag out for the night. We gut and then move the deer a little ways from the gut pile. Pee, poop.... whatever you want near the deer... cover with some pine bows to hide from hunters and leave. NEVER had one messed with.