I was in a populated area all this morning. Loads of strip mines and forest with a large town on one side and smaller towns throughout. I did find fresh coyote tracks coming out of a wooded area into a large strip mine area. No scat though unfortunately. I was desperately looking for scat to verify it was coyote and not a dog. The gait is close together which leads to believe its not a pet (not dog tracking). I lost the trail when the ground turned real hard and allot of rock. 200 yards in the direction the tracks were facing is a residential area. I can maybe guess he/her heads for the yards for pickins in the middle of the night. Who knows, could of been heading anywhere.
I suspect in order for me to be successful in the places I go, I need to go deep into the woods, where visibility is low and I am at the least advantage compared to the coyote. I am not sure at this time what else to do. I don't have a partner so I am always alone. Makes hunting at night all the more spooky.
Someone on one of these posts stated to hunt coyote during the day. I don't know anyone who's seen a coyote during the day.
I do my best to educate myself and read responses from "veterans" on the forums but the contradictions are high. One guy says this and another this.
I appreciate the responses though and take all the info I can.