I hang most of my deer before gutting as I usually hunt in my back yard and don't want the guts stinking up the place and running off the other deer. Sure are lots of deer in Texas.
I've never heard of that practice other than from folks on here. Must be regional. Guts sure don't scare away deer around here. Shot a buck one morning a few years back. Then shot a doe sniffing his gut pile. Not the first story I've heard of that either.
Deer are probably more skiddish from the human scent in the area of the guts than the guts themselves.
