Gutting is an extra $25 at some processors here.
I'd pay someone $25 bucks all day long to gut one for me. And I'd throw another $25 to 'em back at the truck for the drag.
I get it - if I could drive right up to one, I could see not gutting it in the field. Deer pics definitely look better before they are gutted. If I were packing one out, the gutless method makes a lot of sense to me.