You can’t bring deer across the gates after dark there? Not sure why that would deter someone. (Taking a deer home well after last light)
Being a legal deer, what if it fell out of the back of someone’s truck, they didn’t realize it until home and by that time didn’t won’t to spend the time going back.
I’ve seen that happen more than once in my hunt clubs in the south. Members pull up to the clubhouse to show off their deer. Walk to the back of the truck/sxs and the deer is gone. Back track the roads and an hour later, show back up with their deer full of embarrassment.