Ever go back and try to find a gut pile the next day?
As a matter of fact I did go back, I thought I was lost!
Field dressed my elk within ear-shot of camp a few years ago just to see for myself what you asked...
Just before dark we heard the coyotes at the gut pile, and the competition for the scraps went on for quite some time...
Next morning went over to investigate...Nothing but a few bloody shreds left...Nature wastes nothing...