You lost me on the bait pile thing. Does he wander off in the woods all the time or something?
Everyone's dogs around here run... I haven't been able to figure out which neighbor has a pile out, but it's close. Like right across the property line somewhere. I'm a little close to the subject right now to go door knocking. This usually just happens after gun season. He'll find deer legs and bring them home. It's narrowed down to 2 neighbors though...the rest of us take care of our deer the proper way of disposing.
Spare me the lecture about letting my dog run please. It's not how we do things around here.