Even though I don't live in the area I can tell you for sure that there are without a doubt coyote in those areas. How in the #$#* can you say for sure that there are none. Your lack of seeing them is most likely your lack of understanding them. I would be willing to bet many coyotes in your woods have seen and smelled you so far in advance that its no wonder you think they are absent. I used to think the same thing in my area until I put my camtrakker on a gut pile and found out my hunting area had at least 10 diff coyotes using the land. Basicly if you have deer on your land, you have coyote they just don't move like deer. They put mature bucks to shame when it comes to being sneaky because deer just have to worry about escaping/ coyote have to worry about getting close enough to kill on the ground, and they practice it every day.