'The unique motion of the stray cat mimics a realistic tail. The coyote DOES NOT KNOW if the "tail" is the meal, or if the "tail" has caught a potential meal and is taking it from the coyote, or if the tail is another animal infringing on its territory. We have had coyotes respond by attacking the decoy, belly crawl and stalk it, aggressively posture the decoy by hunching up, and simply come up to the decoy and STARE AT IT".
John Gorman, thanks for the reply.....you are spot on. As I mentioned in a previous post, a lot of times the coyotes approach and just STARE AT THE DECOY. They almost become mesmerized. Not sure why, but would have to assume that they are thinking something has their meal. We have seen this reaction time and time again. I posted a video earlier in the thread w 2 eastern coyotes doing the 'stare thing" as well.