Bad luck car. There' s a coyote problem on the farm I hunt in Venango county too. Total man hours spent on stand...Around 50. Total deer seen...2. Coyotes seen...5 That' s pretty bad man. When a guy is seeing more yotes than deer something is out of whack. This area has been very good to me in the past but right now, I have zero confidence in the stand. I' m positive the coyotes have the deer run off. Used to see lot' s of deer on the farm. Would see them every time out. Now...forget it.[:' (] Heck, if I was a deer I would certainly find a better place to bed and travel through to get where I have to go. Certainly not bedding down amongst all the coyote stench. I say carry the magnum in your pack regardless of the PGC. Do they want the woods overrun by coyotes or not? Sometimes the PGC has their heads wedged on certain issues. Jim