"I prefer a good rifle with a scope for Coyotes." As a side note.... the most beautiful fur coat I ever saw (and tried on!) was made from Alaskan coyotes. The guy who owned it had shot them himself and had the coat made. For years I had a standing offer of "bring me a coyote and I'll let you take a deer." Unfortunately, I don't think Tennessee coyotes would be nearly as pretty.
Our Coyotes are the Red Wolf/Coyote mix. They get huge. I have seen some the size of a German Shepard dog. One of our Coyote hunters said he never takes the pelt. He said that as soon as the Coyote dies, fleas jump off everywhere. I have seen some pretty ones but most don't have a nice coat. They are fat and big though. These are stock photos but this is what we have. The red wolf is strong in them.
My baby sister moved here from Colorado about four years ago to stay with Mom. She has two little dogs. She was outside walking them one evening around dusk and said a pack of big wild dogs chased them inside. I told her they were Coyotes, not wild dogs. She said they were two to three times the size of the little ones they have in Colorado.