Believe it or not, we have lots of them here in central Indiana.
I hear them often on cold clear nights, and my Siberian husky seems to regard them as kinfolks. She howls right along with them when they get going.
We now have them in all 100 counties of North Carolina.
I still remember the first time I heard them howling at night, back on my family farm... maybe 7 years ago.
The sound is unmistakable!
"my Siberian husky seems to regard them as kinfolks."
Make sure the Siberian doesn't intrude on their territory, though. They're very territorial.
Yes, I saw several in Southern Minnesota while I was there, too.
You bet there are. When I was boy growing up in rural Indiana my Grandpaw would pay a $5 bounty for any coyote (he called them varmits, the same deal went for groundhogs too)I could shoot and kill on his farm. (a couple hundred acres in Green Co. Ind.) Not only did I make a few bucks (5 dollars was good money then to a 14 year old boy) but, more importantly, I became a very good shot with a rifle.
Had to laugh. My Siberian husky also considers the coyotes and wolves around here (Black Hills of South Dakota) as kindred spirits. Last spring our husky, Alyeska, brought two wolf pups home. Don't know what happened to mama wolf or the rest of the litter. The pups didn't survive.
The wolves and coyotes, so far, have not been a problem around here. But, the mountain lions are another story.