Solution:

Make all bodies disappear that are in the area of where you died.
Make all other bodies persistent, as bullets do quite a lot damage to gear, most stuff will be ruined anyway or already picked up by survivor of the fight.

Cause yes, it also annoys me you cannot leave a dead body and pick up the loot two hours later when you were chasing someone.

Tbh, starting a fire with a wood drill, is hard, really hard.
I believe it doesn't work with all types of wood and it takes ages, don't event start when it's raining.

I think a better alternative way would be to be able to cut open shells and use the gunpowder to ignite a fire. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY_wC1whwZc