Jhoff, yep, I got bit by the trapping bug a long time ago too! In a small area alongside my house, Id say about five acres worth, I trapped 15 reds, two greys and three coyotes. Thats in 8 traps, or 5 sets. Id say that pretty much illustrates how well those buggers are doing together, in my locale at least. Phade mentions Dobbins thoughts on this, but I dont feel its accurate here. The point I was making is, in some areas its all coyotes, yet other areas, like mine, coyotes dont seem to drive off the competition. Go two hours southwest of me and theyre screaming that theres no more reds. Go northeast of me three hours and guys will tell you they worry about their rabbit dogs while hunting. A local trapper here by me that does it full time caught just over 200 reds, I dont recall how many greys, but less, of course, along with 40-something coyotes! Besides being alot of skinning, this catch again illustrates how they are living together in this region.

In our area here a lot of guys hunt coyotes and reds with dogs, groups that go almost every weekend during season. I hear of coyote "tournaments" around the Finger Lakes region too. We used to call fox at night, mostly greys. Lots of hunters I know still hunt reds with calls by day, and some get coyotes too. As more guys do it, it seems less effective on coyotes though. That, again, is just my opinion though.

As for the bobcats, I foget where you live, but here in NY, theres places where bobcats are well established, but they dont seem to fill into other areas very well.

PAGobbler and moosehorn, we used to hear quite a bit about coydogs as well as wild dogs around here, some being aggressive like you describe. I never experienced it myself, but I know I heard of it second hand. I wonder if the reason we dont hear too much of it nowadays is partly due to the coyotes numbers being higher now. Interesting topics, huh guys?