I found out that not only hunting that trapping them was even more of a priority the trapper took 20 adult dogs off are property !!! we hunt them too but could not get a handle on the problem with hunting alone!!!Those old dogs are smart!!!also took 15 coons!!! that's on are property got neighbors involved he caught 42 coyotes,32coons 1bobcat in a 3 mile square area!!! we hunted with dogs, rifles & bows but couldn't get control till we got a trapper!!! we still got a good population and they will thrive do to less competition among the predators, bobcats are next !!!