I keep them thinned down where I hunt...when a pack moves in, a lot of deer relocate to adjoining areas. I have seen this first hand on a farm. The deer dissapeared over the course of a winter and spring and coyote sign was everywhere. I got the rifle out...and five coyotes over the course of a summer later (legal year round in IA)....deer sign was back up that very fall.

I do not hate them though, they have my respect - the old indian saying is correct, the coyote will be one of the last animals left on the planet.