gut pile

gut pile
 n.β€” Β«Basically, people who dump deer carcasses by the road are pulling the food chain to the side of the road.…The ethical place for what is commonly called a “gut pile” is in the woods, off the trail and away from a stream.Β» β€”β€œβ€˜Slob hunting’ an eyesore” by Joel Banner Baird News Leader (Staunton, Virginia) Nov. 30, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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