LifeNRA Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 I saw this over on HuntingPA.com! What would make a deer want to investagate a deers gut pile? Just seams too wierd that a deer would root thought it! Here are some other pics too! The fox was cool! Anybody have any ideas why deer would want to be here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Re: Gut pile cam set up! curiosity would be my bet????? cool pics though! todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Re: Gut pile cam set up! It could probably smell "deer" there andwas curious about it. I've seen on programs about the elephants that know when one of their members dies and they carry bones around. I think most animals have some sense of if a member is missing but who knows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Re: Gut pile cam set up! I WOULD GUESS THE BLADDER AND ANY GLANDS THAT WOULD RUB THE GROUND.I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE.DOESN'T SEEM TO SCARE ANY DEER OFF AT ALL.COOL PICS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Re: Gut pile cam set up! I would say because of the scent. Interesting for sure. If I somehow pull a deer out of my butt this week I will put a cam on it also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deldeer Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Re: Gut pile cam set up! i saw that somewhere else a while back, & a biologist told me it probably smelled the corn or accorns that never got digested....( don't knoe if that is true or not). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Re: Gut pile cam set up! Hunting near a gut pile has never bothered me. I have witnessed the same type of thing first hand. Deer are "NOT" spooked by gut piles, in fact, if you want to set up a good next days hunt and it's not raining, (after shooting a deer),...drag your downed deer from where it drops, right past where you are going to hunt that evening or the next day , gutted or ungutted. The scent left on the ground after the drag works great to attract deer. Use all that great scent on your downed deer to your advantage for that evening or the next days hunt, if you still have a tag open. You just never know what may come in to investigate. I heard of guys dragging their downed deer great distances to get the gut pile away from their hunting spot and there is really no need for it. I don't like the idea of gutting the deer right under my stand either, but you don't have to take it so far away either. It's the scent on the deer's hide that attracts curiosity, not so much the guts. Just look at that downed deer as one humungous, drag rag ...LOL...and use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Re: Gut pile cam set up! lol those are neat. we did that at a bear bait one time too and a bear came up to the camera to check it out just like the doe did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted December 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Re: Gut pile cam set up! I know deer are very curious animals. But I really would have expected the deer to be more wary, guess not! But I often wondered about deer and a nearby gut pile! Not anymore! BTW, why was this thread moved? Since it was about deer hunting!!! Thats why I placed it in the Deer Hunting forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Re: Gut pile cam set up! [ QUOTE ] BTW, why was this thread moved? Since it was about deer hunting!!! Thats why I placed it in the Deer Hunting forum! [/ QUOTE ] I agree... this belongs in the deer hunting forum. It probably got moved because of the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Re: Gut pile cam set up! Maybe Bill will kick it back up into the other forum. I agree. It's a good hunting topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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