Well, a severe storm thwarted my plans last night. After one storm blew through, I laid a scent trail with a piece of venison. I then tied it to a tree near my blind.
I hid in my blind and blew my distress call, but in the end, only stayed out about an hour. My glasses kept fogging up and it started lightning, so I called it a night. Several pretty significant storms blew through over the night, so I really wasn't expecting much to happen.
This morning, I went to check my bait. It was gone, and several pics had been taken on the web cam. I was a little excited, so I took the SD card and went back to the house to upload.
There were several pictures of mostly nothing. I think the blowing limbs triggered the cam. There were, however a few very interesting pics. The bait thief revealed himself, or I should say, herself.
That would be Shelby. My fat yellow lab. At least my scent trail worked.
Here she is again, apparently really happy about her meal.
My wife took the dogs out this morning, and didn't tell me that Shelby disappeared for a few minutes.
I feel pretty confident I'll get that coyote this weekend. If I don't see him tonight, I'll use the rabbit call in the morning.
BTW, meet Taku, with Shelby in the background.