I do put them in my bed with the tailgate closed, but an early season deer bleeds like a stuck pig. I had this couple pull up next to me in the turn lane and they had this look on their face like I just escaped from a federal penitentiary. When I got home I realized there was blood dripping down my tailgate and off my bumper. It was humorous.
I was surprised with my elk this year. The antlers wouldn't fit in the bed of my truck because of the cap. So the head and antlers were on the tailgate. I got more thumbs up from fellow drivers then I've ever gotten before. Kind of shocked me.