I really don't care to have them around, early this past summer we had three of them right in my back yard, two were standing on the steps to my deck, my wife let our dog out on the deck to do his thing late one night, he is a little Chihuahua all full of piss and vinegar, he thinks he is king shit but this night he ran over to the gate at the stairs and Mr coyote was right there, my wife smelled them at first and ran over to get the now completely frozen in place dog, thank goodness we have a lock on the gate and they didn't jump over, she said she was looking into there eyes and they were growling at her, she ran back inside and well ! you can imagine how she felt,
I know they are part of the system and in ways we need them, but I ain't taking chances and got myself a little varmint deterrent just in case they return, I have been told if you hurt them they won't return to that area, hope I don't need to find out if that is true.
Tim