DakotaRog 
With the coyotes around here, we are just happy to nail them. The last one we got, my son cored it with a .30-06 so there wasn't much pelt left. Well, not much of anything else, either. I've been using a .204 Ruger...like the flat shooting and very low recoil.
We have something out there, more greyish coloured, that took a run at our horses late last fall. We had two moms out on the field, each with a 3 month filly, accompanied by a yearling gelding. It came out of the bush, separated a filly off the group, and was moving it away. Here's the amazing thing: The little gelding went after the wolf(?) and a few seconds behind him came my larger dog. The dog took over dealing with the wolf and the gelding brought the filly back to the herd. The filly had a couple of fang holes in her neck--we had to get the vet out to treat it cause they infected but otherwise is fine.
I didn't see it but my wife watched the whole thing and was amazed at the coordination between the dog and gelding. They are pretty good buddies and the dog will run with the horse and the two of them will goof around from time to time.
I've borrowed an electronic coyote caller gizmo that you set out in the field and can remotely control it. It gives off young coyote distress calls so might be pretty effective in drawing them out of the woodwork, especially in the spring.
Jon.
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