Dog mace from Amazon seems to help. Fill the hole and sprinkle it around the deck. She goes and finds another place to dig, but it’s not in the landscaping that I have to fix!
Never rifle hunted over bait, but if I had to, I’d grab my 300 SAUM w/200 NP or the 325 wsm w/200 NP.
Big chunks of lead moving at 2,700 and 2,900 respectively.
BTW, I bow hunt over bait.