It might, if you know there are people around... but if they're that close already, I don't think it would be any worse than taking the time to build a nicer shelter. And there are some forests with lots of fallen trees, so it could be less conspicuous in the end...

[ To demonstrate, she looks around and spots a not-too-thick tree with nice, bushy branches. She goes over to it and...... punches it in half. It feels incredibly crude, probably because she'd normally use Add to chop it down instead, but there's no helping what she has (or doesn't have) on hand.

The tree goes down with a rip of wood and a big leafy thud. Gray trots over to dig into its foliage and figure out how to turn it into rudimentary shelter. ]