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Coyotes' hunting techniques change in accordance with the type of prey. When hunting small animals, such as rodents, coyotes stalk the prey using their acute smelling sense, and when close enough, they attack and capture it. When hunting bigger animals, such as ungulates, coyotes hunt in packs, and chase prey until it is exhausted and then attack it, or they lead it to a hidden member of the pack, which in the right moment, attack the prey. Many times, when attacking prey, coyotes bite the prey's neck, and pull it to the ground.

Coyotes are intelligent and cunning. I think they may be smarter than wolves. My experience with them has been that they will flush birds, deer and rabbits  toward a person with a gun so that if the game is wounded or lost, they will catch and eat it. If you shoot at coyotes they will stay out of range and out of sight. I don’t shoot at coyotes so if I hunt in there territory they will work closely to me. I leave some wounded game for them by going to a place where they can see I know where it is, then look eye to eye to the coyotes leader and walk away from the wounded game. They see that as appreciation and  payment for their work. Mutual respect is required to work with coyotes that are wild. They would rather stay wild. Even pups raised by man will go wild as soon as they encounter a pack. But the join and convergence is often more like capture and enslavement until status in the pack is attained. Dogs are often enslaved, eaten in hard times and used as decoys when attacking livestock.