You obviously did not read my arguement. I do not agree using a dogs scent to attract or decoy yotes in. I personally do not feel that approach is viable since game calls would be better associated. And now with your arguement of pheasant or rabbit or quail or coon??? Come on, an upland gamebird is a different subject than a yote pointer. Get your arguement straight first, then come attacking. I will leave the arguement with this, since this thread is now just full of hot air, is using a dog as a "DECOY" for its scent, since pyschmonky and others choose to not read through the post, is not an approach I would endorse. I find it lazy, and yes, that is my opinion. Irresponsible was the word I used for using your dog into drawing the yote in, since in my hunting reality, packs out here shred dogs, cats, hell even a boy got dragged 300 yards and scarred up before a park ranger shot and killed two coyotes outside Simi Valley. Yes, that is extreme, but dogs getting shredded up, calfs being dragged out of the cows backend, full grown llama ( which I raise for pack animals and guards) taken down in mid-morning and gutted are extremes that I feel in my honest opinion that a dog, a man's personal companion, should not be used as a decoy for a yote. I don't endorse it, others don't, and others do. You may endorse it, and it may work for others, but its not a huge risk I am going to take with my weimaraner or yellow lab. go for it if it works for you, and I hope you prove me wrong, yet it won't change my mind. Happy Hunting to all, whatever practices you do, and good luck in '06.