I replied to the first thread not realizing this thread was a continuation of it. I guess it is easy to say after the fact but that coyote did about what I expected it to. Even though I did feel like there was a fair chance it would come straight in at first because it was coming pretty hard, once it started shading downwind a bit that sealed it for me. Usually once they start indicating that tendency it just gets more pronounced the closer they come.
I would say in my experience "most" of the ones that come straight in never even think of circling. Their mind is made up and they are coming. That is unless something gives them a reason to change their mind. Most of the ones that circle are showing some tendency, however minor, of that from a good ways out.