We live in rural NH.
When my kids take the dog out after dark, the older ones are bearing sidearms, and the younger ones are provided armed escorts, Ma, Pa, or one of the older kids.
Coyotes seem to have lost their fear of man. In small numbers, they do a lot of good killing woodchucks and other varmints. But in larger numbers, small animals become scarcer and the coyotes pack up and start looking for new, larger game.
Their numbers have increased a lot lately. Time do thin the packs out a bit.
Rarely see a coyote in my area. Do see wild hogs, panthers, an occasional otter, foxes, and even a bobcat.
The hogs and panther worry me.
hussein will not allow it.