I gut my deer where they fall. The meat cools quicker and therefore taste better and is less likely to spoil. Further, no meat is left behind or thrown away. It is illegal in WI to waste game or fish and very well should be..( Plus it leaves food for the the other critters to feast on. )

I never understood how or why guys drag deer home or elsewhere with the guts in them then gut them out while hanging up. I can see it is not messy but either is gutting them in the field if you do it correctly. That, draggin home with the gut in, seems more of a southern thing than a northern practice. The deer here are heavy enough to drag even in the snow without the guts, leaving them in would make it that much more difficult.
Different stroke for different folks I guess.