It is very popular with some people here in my area. Everyone around here uses July hounds, From what Ive seen and heard from hunting with them, is that the Walkers and other breeds dont have the stamina to keep up with a coyote all day. The way they hunt them is to go to known "jump" spots and turn out a few dogs to jump a coyote, then try to intercept it as it crosses fields or open areas on property where they have permission to hunt, which is usually not a problem to get permission to hunt coyotes. They have to use good radio collars as the hound will easily get out of hearing.. They have had numerous large males line out ond sometimes cover 30 miles or more. They often have to go great distances to find dogs,, but they do get lots of coyotes that way, and hear some great races. It is a fun way to hunt them, if your are hunting dogs that wont run deer, which can be a problem.