Wouldn't you think that coyotes have evolved with eons of time to be at the top of their game too? [beeep] everyone in the country takes a pot shot at them. What other wild animal in this country has full time ADC men working to kill them basically year around? At one time in one ten year period Texas spent millions of dollars trying to eradicate coyotes completely, it was an all out no holds barred war. Everything and anything went, airplane and helicoptor gunning, trapping, snaring, poison, those little pop up blasters (M4’s?). Two men lost their lives in a chopper crash while coyote gunning during this time. At the end of the study period it was estimated the coyote population actually INCREASED! Coyotes have survived every effort to contain and/or kill their populations and have spread their range completely across the country to include all the major urban areas both west coast and east coast. Coyotes seem to have earned the title of "grand master champion" when it comes to surviving and they aren't just lucky - something else is working for them too. Selective breeding at its finest…
