Coyotes are craftier than wolves too. Wolves are generally fearful of humans and avoid us except to prey on our livestock. Coyotes, on the other hand, have learned to live right next to humans, even in big cities, and take advantage of the bonanza of food that comes along with humans.
Coyotes here in Montana are well-conditioned. While driving, if you should see one sitting and stop the car, they will bolt at top speed, even if you’re a mile away. They’ve grown wary of this sequence:
1. Screech of gravel
2. Pain in the ribs
3. Distant, fading sound of gunfire.
Sorry, progs (did you know the autocorrect on progs will give you prigs? Lovely thing, that.) This is Montana.
My sister lives in a suburb of Seattle - lots of houses all around for blocks/miles. There are ravines in back of at least some of the houses as well as some wooded areas.
I’ve sat outside in the early morning drinking coffee and have seen deer walk through her front yard to the neighbors’ and one time saw a doe, buck and fawn saunter right down the middle of the street. One morning I saw a very large coyote (wasn’t sure if it was a wolf or coyote, but think the later) - scared the dickens out of me and I ran back inside. Only 1 I’ve seen there, but I suspect there are others. My BIL says there have been other coyote sightings in the neighborhood. A few year years ago, there was a cautionary bear sighting. They’re about 15-20 miles from the Cascade foothills, but apparently the bear made it’s way down from there. We’ve had other bear sightings and issues in numerous areas of the Seattle area over the past several years.