thats funny but
 

a coyote will eat a baby too...

so, it's no laughing matter... they are smart enough to follow you around if your reducing the number of rabbits on your property....

i used to shoot 1-5 rabbits a day (we had zillions)(out west) and leave them for the coyotes to eat...
and it got to the point that i was followed by them....because they knew i was their meal ticket...and if i watched for them to take a fresh kill they were never seen....they were always in stealth mode or ghost recon mode...it got to the point where i had to whip my head around
as fast as possible to even catch a glimpse of one...

i once watched one run across the back of the hill....and i swear it was barely touching the ground...like floating on air, almost like the old man in that movie remo williams when he runs across the water blowing the minds of the marines that were chasing him...

When I was out in Oregon (~1983), my roomate and I would grab his .22-250 and his mom's 6mm and we would head out of town to call in coyotes. I set up off to the side and Drew would call. Over half the time he woulld ask me why I didn't shoot the coyote and I would tell him WHAT coyote?! LOL ... extremely stealthy creatures. He would catch flashes of them and I couldn't even see anything half the time.

Lots of time we would be driving down a dirt round and come around a corner and spook one - we would jump out and unload. Drew was really good at jumping out of the car and set up off the hook and would shoot before I got the door open (I waited for the his old small Bronco to STOP 1st). Some of my Grandest memories - best time of my life. Great friend: died few yrs back due to diabetes - gawd I miss him. :(

Coyotes are no joking matter - I totally agree.