AJ, what you describe is exactly the situation we are facing in Alabama. Very few coyote hunters here and the coyote population is exploding. There is a mountain in front of my sub division that is loaded with them. They stay up on the mountain and den in old abondoned ore mines. When they come down on the southeast side of the mountain they work on the small horse farms there. When they come down on my side they kill the cats and dogs that people unknowningly are making available for them. Everyone around here knows that I hunt them so each time a cat or dog disappears or a farmer spots one in the pasture with his colts I get a call. A lot of times it is not convenient for me but regardless of the time of the year I try to help the farmer out. I can't do much for the homeowners who have lost cats and dogs but bring home a dead coyote occasionally which makes them happy. It is a losing battle though since there are tons of coyotes and only one of me. I haven't seen a coyote kill a dog or cat but some of the neighbors say they have. I do see them at night in the sub-division. If a farmer has cattle or horses in pastures where a lot of coyotes are sighted he gets worried. I don't think they kill cattel or horses though I did see a colt that was killed by a pack according to the farmer. I also saw several emu's killed by them. That was expensive. The point is if the landowner is concerned and I tell him I want help out because it is summer time he isn't happy and hunting priviledges may get revoked. It is too hot here to hunt in the summer anyway but I put on a show and actually kill one in July and August every now and then.