to gut or not to gut
 

I would just like to know what everyone does when they kill a deer.

Do you gut where it lays?

Or, take it home and gut there?

I gut where it lays as long as it's not near a treestand, usually. But, I am wondering why people take the deer home to gut out. Is it a law, or choice?

I always gut mine where it lays. Unless I feel like it will mess up the hunting.

But I think most people that take them home, only do it because its easier to gut them when they are hanging. That way gravity works with you.

for me it depends on whos yard i shot it in.

I usually drag mine to where I park my truck. That way is not in my hunting area. And then I may throw a rope over a tree branch and hoist it up a little. That way everything falls out and drains. And its alot easier to rinse while hanging.

I gut it at home just for convenience and keeping my hunting area clean. I have a nice deer hang out back made out of two forked trees.

typically, i gut it where it lies, unless after i tag it, i move it to a more favorable location...this is usually on sometype of incline, where i can let gravity do the work of rolling the insides outside

Right where it drops! I can't see dragging all of that extra weight out of the woods.:nonono2: I hunt about a half mile from my truck. The gut pile doesn't bother the deer, not to mention that they get eaten within 24 hours by fox and buzzards.

Gut it where it lays. Starts the cooling process. Don't worry about the mess, the coyotes will have it cleaned up before you get home.

Interesting post..Most hunters I know here in NY and Pa as well as the New England states gut them where they drop.. I've stood over many a deer with my knife in my hand, waiting for it to stop kicking so I could field dress it..

However, many of my friends in the southern states bring thier deer out whole, and gut them at home or in camp..Some even deliver them to the processors guts and all, and let the processors gut them...

i usually gut it somewhere not close to my stands.