Growing up on the farm I only saw one coyote and that was after we got rid of the cows. I don't know if it was coincidence or not but the woodchucks started disappearing from all the farms I hunted, which was a lot!. Who knows, did the coyotes start showing up after the cows were gone or do cows and woodchucks go hand in hand and have "symbiotic" relationship. We use to have lots of rabbits around too and they started disappearing the same as woodchucks but this was 25 years later. Whatever it is it sucks...