Good Shooting. I am not sure I could have done it. I prefer to be waiting in ambush for the coyotes.
I'm not naive to not know where meat comes from, and most of it is grown by corporate farms and killed in dirty foul slaughterhouses.
Actually, most of the animals are RAISED on family farms (read farmers and families and a source of income) and finished at the large corporate farms. Ever been to a livestock auction? You'll learn a lot and meet a lot of nice folks, most who have very low opinions of coyotes.
If you hunt deer and did not get one, could it be the coyote killing fawns? I have found a few pieces of small deer carcasses while out and about. In my neck of the woods, that means either a canine or bobcat dragged it off and ate it.
Animal damage on military bases is an ongoing concern. Here at Whiteman AFB, MO I was involved with the USDA in removing deer and other animals that had overpopulated the base.
I saw a B-52 hit a deer on the runway as it landed. It damaged the aircraft to the point it had to be removed from service for at least two months while being repaired.
At Loring AFB, ME, we would have to send patrols into the housing area to protect the kids from moose that seemed to invade base housing. We also had a bull moose tear down part of our weapons storage area fence when it got a wild hair up its tail end.
Beaver would build dams which flooded portions of the weapons storage area and/or transport road, seriously degrading our ability to complete our mission.
There was a story from Arizona (I think) about a little kid that was bitten by a coyote. Poor kid had to get the rabies shots. I have had these and they are extremely uncomfortable for a grown up.
It is easy for people to pass judgement on something they have no idea about. I have lost so much livestock to wild animals that I almost gave up farming because of it. Financially, it was very costly. I have taken extraordinary measures to protect my livestock, but these critters (Coons/possums/coyotes/foxes/bobcats/skunks) are very determined and will find a way to get into the cages and pens.
One of the guys who lives just down the road from me hunts, but does not own any livestock or animals that would be threatened by a coyote, he has no financial reason for shooting them. I happen to like the idea that he is shooting the dang things as often as he can.