Butch - I know she's your sister - but don't beleive it all dude.

Some of it is kind of true. There are more coyotes than there were 20 years ago - and they will eat deer, even healthy ones. But, a family group of 5 coyotes makes ALOT of noise, and in a diverse habitat - should be a welcome addition to our environment. But I like having coyotes around.

As for Coydogs - I've yet to see one. If and when they do occur, they are a sterile cross-breed, like a mule is.The cannot reproduce, also as someone already stated, they would be more likely eaten by other coyotes than accepted in amongst wild coyote populations.

From what I remember from an older post about your sister's property - It sounds like its in a good hunting area - with decent deer populations. Some people just get freaked over coyotes though- I still don' know exactly why.

FH