I don't actually know, I tend to think from the preys perspective (who, what, when, where and why) and then figure in most Dogs tendencies. Some Dogs cover a lot of territory and hope to flush something edible, flush and chase (spot/smell and point) or get lucky and blunder into game also on the move. Some follow their noses, either air scent or ground scent. Some stick their noses into any cover or crevice, try to find the ones who take deep cover and refuse to flush. Many Dogs use all the strategies, but most tend to one strategy predominantly. I have one now who is ear (sound dominant), I call her Radar.

Possible a Yote (like many animals) may hunker down, hide and hope to be bypassed by whatever is hunting them. Rabbits, Hare, Pheasant and other animals do this. I've seen a Yote do this rarely, either they are really good at it or it isn't in their nature. They do squat and stalk, but most I've seen are prowlers and not hiders. They tend to use their speed more than their stealth, especially when being hunted. A Yote isn't one of the faster hunters on the planet by accident, outrunning game or predation is likely why.

As far as nudging them along and pushing them gently, I see no point. If they are being pushed gently they know they are being stalked or hunted. Their senses are likely more attuned to their surroundings and they know the country. Trying to out Injun an Injun is unlikely to be a successful strategy IMO.

Going quiet, maybe, whatever you are hunting is making it's own noise, which tends to cover your noise (or whatever is hunting them). Pretty much what happens in a meeting encounter, you are moving as quiet as practical and whatever you are hunting is making it's own noise and masking whatever noise you are making. One thing most people tend to forget is noise can also be vibration through the ground and many animals feel it. Also don't underestimate their ears, A gently thump of your rifle on a piece of wood has spooked a lot of game over the centuries as has the click of a safety or a hammer. Wildlife needs to process the noises it hears, unnatural sounds tend to spook them. Hard not to make any noise. even if it is just grass brushing a leg.

One reason, when I want to move quiet, I use random steps, step step pause, step step step pause, step pause. No matter how quiet I am, I figure any game close by hears me, but may not process me as a threat. I try to use the same cadence as a Deer would when it is coming out of cover into a feeding area.

As a rule I figure most game within 400 yards knows I'm there. Sure there are exceptions, some animals screw up on occasion, some are just stupid. the young ones tend to screw up more than the older ones do (the survivors).

Just info, I've moved in quiet, set up down wind, in someplace with a good view (rifle range 4-500 yards) and never saw squat. Then very quietly moved to the top of a ridge line and seen what looked like a Zoo in the next canyon/valley. Someway or the other all of the game in my original area had vacated as soon as I moved in, without me seeing them do it. Most times I set up in a likely area and ambush something wandering through. Unless the game is feeding or sleeping, sneaking up on them is IMO a low percentage strategy.