In an earlier post you mentioned about some coyotes avoid the roads. I have a property that I am on frequently and the roads.i was not seeing much road sign one occasional track.i went ahead and put a bait hole in cause i was going to be up the following weekend to trap the other side of the highway.When i went back the hole was blowed out .Omer up with a member and he told me he had 3 on camera not far from there.in the next two nights I had them all plus an extra I knew nothing about.

You make a great point SK.

I would guess the vast majority of coyote men rely almost exclusively on road recon for their intel.
General associations can be made with locations just like any other visual or olfactory repetition.
A savvy adult coyote quickly notices changes and acts accordingly.
A trapper that focuses solely on the road does not.
He cannot counter what he hasn’t seen.

The Road Runner misses out on countless catch opportunities.
Meanwhile, Wile E. is handed an all expenses paid scholarship to ACME U.

Once the road traffic dries up, the trapper assumes he did a good job and moves on.
That’s usually when the fawn fiesta gets underway.

Right on Tejas. There are points you have made throughout this post that I see on my line that surely answer some questions I have .Thanks for that. I believe if you are going to pursue an animal you need know much about that quarry as possible if you are going to be successful at apprehending it.

If I could target just one class of coyote this would be it.

Taking out big females like this old girl puts a hurt on Wile E.’s family life in a big way.

Here is a look at the location.

Notice once again the set is in the wide open.

A shallow drainage enters from the left. A narrow corridor leads off to the right.

A younger female preceded her at this set. Another jip was taken only yards away three days prior.

Her choppers were a little deceiving. They had some interesting wear.
The k-9’s were still long but were really rough on the tips.

Notice the upper right large incisor and the extreme wear it caused on the front of the right lower k-9.

Lower incisor wear is substantial as were the rear molars.
I do not believe the teeth on this coyote reflect its age as most do.