Originally Posted By: ac289fia No, just sitting in my tree stands 50-75 yds from the bait. I have had good luck this way in the past. The cameras usually show activity, but it's been quiet lately.
You might want to try it, nothing gets the locals riled up more than strange dogs at their food pantry.. I don't hunt baits but I have called and killed a lot off dead cows.. I know your using the .22 lr so running dogs could be difficult, but what you could do is just a few coyote vocals of coyotes fighting over food then shut it down, then wait for the locals to sneak in for a look...
Here is another trick that I used, I would spray the bait area with coyote urine, that way the dogs get real riled up because they can tell its not their pack mates...