I am a christian and in the bible it says to not hunt animal for game so I follow that, I dont live near large coyote populations but the only time Id EVER shoot a coyote is if I was a farmer and they were actually causing problems, note I Italicize actually because some people shooot coyotes on sight but never had a problem with them but defend it with saying "Well they can kill chickens and stuff" when their isnt a farm in a good 10 miles haha, same goes for all small animals such as rabbits and groundhogs and Prairie dogs, unless their seriously disrupting your way of life Id never shoot them, thats why I dont hunt deer because I dont eat venison and they do nothing, the only thing I plan on hunting next year is Pig because you could eat it and for some people they cause alot of problems and turkey because you could eat that too but everything else is going to be perfectly safe around me.