Tim,
You know the name Jim Spencer too I'm sure. He claims that for every dozen traps he sets each year, he expects one K9....in the EUP. How about Ray Plis and his 7 man crew, I'm sure you know that name too. They run dogs every chance they get and may only get 20 in a season. They have access to just about all private land east of I-75. I've seen them twice in the past week and they've only had one dog by quitting time.
I lived in your neck of the woods for 24 years and know what you have around you. Obviously, you don't know what we have up here.
Every time I deer hunted in the SLP, I'd see coyotes and/or fox. Up here, I have never seen a fox or coyote while deer hunting. Actually, outside of calling, I've only seen three coyotes the past two years and I'm in the woods a ton. I run a trail cam all year and last year I only got two pictures of coyotes. Never got a fox on camera and that's actually odd because I have more fox around me than coyotes right now.
You know why I'm so tense with you, it's because I can't stand people who know it all in every arena and every piece of land and yet they haven't even been there. It would be like me saying I could go kill every coyote if I called in TA's neck of the woods.
Are you a cop?