North Texan: I agree with you but only to a point. They do form a "plan" but not a good enough "plan" to keep out of harms way.

Now a coyote can see your finger move from 200 yards away.

A coyote can smell a scent months after it was layed.

A coyote can hear a distress from 1/4 - 1/2 away, sometimes longer. They can listen to 10 sounds at once and hear each sound 1 at a time. We hear a big mess of sounds and most times can't pick 1 or 2 out of the mess.

A healthy coyote can run 45 mph for 1/2 hour straight and could trot until it died.

SO, with all these great senses that this animal has to use, why is it that we go out time and time again and shoot coyotes?

Thats why I say that there are stupid. Yes they try to wind you, ok that is a "plan" BUT why don't they try to wind you and spot you and every now and again stop to listen for anything "not cool"? If they did use all these senses combined, I Promise you, you would never call and shoot one.

So the "plan" of winding you is not a very good one because most times we fool them and shoot them. And North Texan, as you described in the post above, this one coyote gave you the dickens for a while, BUT you kept after him and shot him and now the field is easy pickins. If that coyote was "smart" the first time he busted you should have been the last because he would have fomulated a "plan" to avoid you next time, but he couldn't and you kept callin him up until you felt comfortable with the shot he offered. Now he is dead and so much for his "plan"

The only animals that are more careless to investigate are cats, It is sometimes harder to call cats because they are patient, take their sweet time, stretch, look around, whatever. And they are a bit harder to call than coyotes because they require 2 senses to be stimulated rather than 1 like a coyote. A cat requires sound, and movement, smart right? Nope, because when a cat hears sound and see's movement, it is an instinct and they cannot stop it to pounce on that thing that they THINK is causing the sound and movement. This alot of times results in a dead kitty.

If you don't believe me, try this with your house cat. when the cat is in the room with, grab a string or something. Go across the room and start making a noise. Your cat will probably look at you like "dude shut up" but now, keep making the noise and shake the string on the floor and the cat will jump on it. But your cat knows its you making the noise, and see's your hand moving the string but can't help but pounce. Not very smart.