If you "planing" to leave the filament there for months, then it would be a good idea to store it away, but for most filaments it is not a big deal to be stay loaded...provided provided that the humidity is not high (e.g. a shower or kitchen next to it would be not so good).
My experiences with "moistured" filament is that they get brittle, but only breakesbreaks when I don't print something. And it is a pain in the a** to get out the last part of the filament that broke right at the entrance... so store it away is always a good idea, if you are not totoo lazy ;)