I only leave my gun , bow , climber and back pack in the woods if I need to drag a deer out. I always get a deer right at dark and is dark by the time I start dragging. I burry it in leaves or under a log. Before first light , I am there to pick it up and this is on high pressured public land . never had a problem and never keep bullets in the pack or gun.
You will stop that the one time you go to retrieve it and a rodent has used the buttpad or stock as a tooth sharpener.
Gun to the truck then back to get the critter if I need to make 2 trips.
