I had to get serious about it two years ago when a pack of the damn things came through here during calving season and outright killed a young calf and tore open the udders on his momma so badly I had to put her down. That’s some serious money out of my pocket. I kill ‘em every chance I can.
Acting as a pack tells me that you have coydogs (or coywolves) not a pure coyote. Actual coyotes will seldom work in proper groups larger than two (one male and one female).
It’s a real problem.
Pigs are my major issue, but idiots (er, I mean nice people from Dallas) now pay me to let them kill pigs, so they’re dwindling down to a nuisance. One killed some red Russian monster I kept seeing in frac pits. Looked like a rhino. Had to be 600lbs.