[Tijeras_Slim]

Coyotes, especially in packs, will attack children, and larger dogs. We've got tons of them where I live in New Mexico, but they are wary of people because we can shoot them. Once they sense they are safe, they are bold. Some idiot will think they're safe and try to feed one by hand, and get the bejaysus bitten out of them. This has happened many times in areas where coyotes hang around dumpsters.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Coyotes are smart. Get out of your car with nothing in your hand and they will watch you-for a while. Get out of your car with anything in your hand and they are gone.

[Rifleman]

At my rural home there are five or six groups of coyotes that are identifiable when they start singing. We have outdoor cats and several small dogs that spend a lot of time outside in their pen (they have their own door) that would make good coyote snacks. I have kept the 'yotes off the property (about 13 acres) by walking the perimeter every couple of weeks and marking my territory the same way the coyotes do. My only male dog, Maynard (named after the captain that killed Blackbeard the pirate or after Maynard G. Krebs, depending on how he is behaving) helps me in this task.

It seems to work. I would rather not kill off the 'yotes as I like to set out in the dark and listen to them and look at the stars.