When I took my hunter trapper course they recommended covering your deer, or whatever dead animals you have in your truck bed or what not so as to not offend the non-hunting public. Do any of you do this? I’ll be honest I have not and I think it would be a good thing to start doing. I’m going to pack a tarp in my truck and some bungees. Once a couple years ago I got behind a school bus and some little girl ,maybe 10-12 years old, was having a fit in the back window throwing her hands up and I’m thinking what is this kid going on about? And I then realized I had three raccoons in my bed. I wished I could have talked to the kid.
Not that, by covering them, you will make everybody happy; but you definitely won’t hurt someone…

Some states require that deer are seen from outside the vehicle.

I ride em around like this here…. Pull up to backwoods for all to admire lol

I do not, but I live in a rural area. I’ve never really seen an outward attitude towards hunting. I do try to wash all of the blood off of the tailgate or back bumper before I park it back at work. Messed up once and had a few folks a little put off by it.

In my area if someone has a tissy about an dead animal, they are not from around here
They will adapt or learn to keep their mouths shut very quickly
I don't cut slack to those kinds or they will want more
Like ending all hunting and trapping

Give an inch and they will take a mile

I don't advertise my catches or harvest. Could cause issues of sorts in the future.

The girls at the Dunkin Donuts Drive through ...peek in the back of my bed ...during beaver season...as they hand me my coffee.

Let it fly !!

I always show them because I am proud of what I have done. I NEVER say I "harvested" anything. I killed them and I am going to eat them.

Moosetrot

Not in this state

I have fueled up at the gas station with a truck box full of coon above the side of the truck…it prompted questions but I wouldn’t say it was a bad conversation.

I've never done it for appearances. Mostly for weather. Im generally not gonna stop anywhere the general public is going to see it. Havent seen or heard of many vegan semi-drivers so I think I 'm good on the road

No.

Went back the next day to drag my elk carcass away from the view of the ATV trail that it dropped by along with the gut pile. Can’t see much of a deer in the back of the newer trucks anyway so no.

SAVEL that is one beautiful cat. You should see the orange looking things we get here in Pa, not so nice......jk

I make no effort to hide what I do. Even in downtown Atlanta. Sure I've gotten a few looks but mostly it's been positive in getting to discuss wildlife and controlling populations, even sold a few jobs.

I've never covered my catches, while transporting them in a vehicle. It seems better to have them cool of quickly, rather than holding the heat in hiding them.

Keith

NO

Some folks need to be offended

I've never hid an animal I've killed while hunting or trapping, not when transporting it in my truck.

I do hide catches when walking back to the truck when it's parked along a public road and a vehicle comes along. I usually drop the fox or foxes I'm carrying and keep walking until they pass then go back for them. One hot spot was along a road that got a good amount of traffic. We started taking a large garbage bag to put dispatched foxes in to hide them on the hundred yard walk back to the truck. I'd rather have people curious about what's in the bag than for them to know I'm killing fox back there. That just opens the door to possible trouble.

I've also hid deer that were killed early in the day. Killed them, field-dressed them and drug them out to the truck. Then covered them over with leaves and went back to hunting. Don't need any dirt bags stealing my meat.

Once they are in the truck and I'm driving they don't get hid. I don't usually go to public places while driving home from hunting or trapping but I have stopped for gas quite a few times with a half-dozen fox or a deer in the bed.