It seems some areas of the country have considerably more than other places. I have never seen one here, though I do have a good friend that owns a local farm and has sighted one several times on his place. The southeastern United States seems to have more of them than any place I am aware of. Guys here from Arkansas, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, ect. seem to kill black color phase coyotes fairly often. It is just another color phase like blond or reddish color coyotes. Since I have never seen one I would be excited to kill one and probably would invest in some sort of mount for it.