If you see a few coyotes each season then you probably have a very healthy population. Coyotes are very elusive and primarily nocturnal, if you are seeeing a few that means you have a lot. I don't know anything about the property you are hunting but a trapper taking 5 coyotes isn't hurting the population any! I have taken as many as 21 off one property in a season and still see coyotes there regularly. Coyotes travel very large ranges, in ourregion (I see you are also from Indiana) that means anywhere from 1-4 square miles.Coyotes in Southern Indiana live in tighter quarters than they do up north... because of the terrain and cover that is available.

A lot of people think they have a coyote "problem" but that is simply not the case. I'm not familiar with any documented widespread "problems" by the USDA or otherwise east of the Mississippi. There are several situations in the west and southwest wheregovernment programs aretrying to impede booming coyote populations. Here in the midwest; folks just misunderstand the role a coyote plays in the food chain and exaggerate their numbers. As they say, hate is usually brewed by ignorance.