There used to be an elderly gent who let us deer hunt on his property. He made it very clear that if he ever discovered we had seen a coyote close enough to shoot without shooting it we would not be allowed to hunt there again. That was the deal - we could hunt there but we were obliged to take care of the varmints.
“...we were obliged to take care of the varmints.”
Pretty much the deal on where my son and I lease a place for deer hunting. We’ve seen a couple but never in range and we hear plenty just shortly after sundown. State law allows deer hunting until 30 minutes past local sundown and you can almost set your watch that the coyotes will start howling about 15 minutes after sundown. I use it as a marker for the time I need to pick up my stuff to head for the truck. I don’t like to shoot late due to the difficulty of locating a wounded deer at that time.