Will deer avoid site of recent kill?

[Musky Buck]

Bear are you me, once again 3rd time today I'm with Bear and the rest really. I don't shoot enough deer from the same stand to know, 1 buck and I'm done and no one generally sits my stand after that not that I'd mind. My only concern might be if it attracts a pack of coyotes or a wolf to the area, then it may take a few days but that's a guess, no science behind it. I like Bear would think a mature buck might avoid it, but the rut, a hot doe etc. would trump it, but definitely you hear of multiple large bucks from the same stand near the gut piles, but for me if I gut one out it's the one I'm looking for. They may avoid your area some due to the scent people leave behind more so than the gut pile.

[MUSKY18]

In the last 3 years, there have been 7 deer taken off my stand. All gutted on the spot and drug out. Have even shot deer while they were smelling/sniffing the gut pile of another deer.

Also, the gut pile is a good bait for drawing in some yotes for target practice!

[shortfatguy]

Or maybe it was your presence they were sensing.

I really don't think they were sensing me. I was down wind and they were not even looking in my direction. They were looking at the dead doe. I have been winded by deer before and this was a different reaction.