[JimVT]

Well, according to the info below maybe I should be looking to import some coyotes into the neighborhood.

Coyotes were found only in the Great Plains and western areas until relatively recently. The existence of coyotes in Vermont was first documented in 1948; they apparently moved into our area from New York(1) and southern Quebec as they migrated eastward from the upper Midwest.

(1)Along with the Sanders Socialists.

[Righty1]

What I don't understand is why the coyotes in the east are so damned large? The ones we saw this summer in the UP of Mi are almost twice as big as our backyard "pets" in NV.