You should see the hills in this part of the country.

Coyote, as to stand hunting in this country...

I hunt with rifle and am more than willing to pick a ground set and stay put all day. When I started five years ago, I poured all my effort into stand hunting, and had absolutely zip for success. Sitting the best funnel I can find in my area is likely to result in a day of nothing, and two deer sightings in one day on stand is an awesome day. In other words stand hunting is for the birds here. Why? We have millions of acres of pure dark timber in this country, and I think reliable funnels for stand hunting are pretty much limited to country with more limited cover (?like MO farm country?). Once I gave up on stand hunting and started developing my still hunting tactics, I started seeing lots of deer.

Now, in eastern MT, where I get in about week of hunting each Nov., the equation is entirely different. Cover is pretty much limited to narrow strips along creek or river bottoms, and I stand hunt about 90% of the time with really good success.