Saw one get hit by a car last Saturday. That was about 40 miles north of Minneapolis.
I don't see many these days, the numbers dropped as fields turned to row crops from pasture, hayfields, and small grains. It didn't help when hedgerows, old machinery, broken down buildings, and odd corners were pulled out and turned into crop land.
Coyotes didn't show up in any numbers until long after woodchucks disappeared. Loss of habitat, changing agricultural practices, and herbicides/pesticides were most likely the cause of their decline, not predators, around here.
