where as i can agree with the one saying not to take a living life and it is human error that has caused alot of this, people have to understand coyotes can be like cockroaches . i normally live by the rules my father taught me and his father taught him and i in turn teach my children , only kill for food or necessity . our ancestors have been doing it forever , i will not get into the moral issues of hunting because i know not every one shares the same view , but coyotes can be harmful , i have lost a cocker spaniel to them as well as my father losses fowl almost weekly to them, and in rare and it is a very rare case, i have seen on the news of them carrying off a child , or trying to.
i have no problem with people killing them because as several people have pointed out , it is impossible to wipe them out 100%. if you dont believe me do some research , there numbers are greater now then almost ever .
i have heard the electronic rabbit calls work very well , as well as hunting over their den .