not sure about bowhunting... But in 2001 my best friend, his sister, and his father all killed bucks from the very same tree within a two day span. His dad scored first on an 8pnter right at first light, his sister later that day on a 10pnter, and Adam nailed a 9pnter the very next morning. All three were shot within 50yrds of each other and he says they seemed completely oblivious to the gut piles. All 3 were coming off the adjacent property which is heavily hunted so they may have been highly stressed which could have caused them to ignore the gut piles but ya never know.