Im in Upstate N.Y. I hear packs howling nearby all the time. I’ve seen maybe 5 here in my lifetime. Most people who do see them go looking for them, hunting after dark. Actually I see more fox and bear than coyote.
I’m in lower Orange County NY.
I live in the middle of farmland.
They run across the road in front of you, they will get close to your house, they will make repeat attempts to eat your pets.
They held a coyote hunt and thinned them out some, but that only works for so long.
Like I said further up thread, what we have here is a hybrid of coyote, wolf, and domestic dog that is beefier than your standard coyote.
There was also a rash of coyotes attacking children not too long ago.
Drifted out of the public eye because it was no longer exciting, not because it ceased.