I live on 40 acres east of Pueblo. Coyotes are sometimes a problem out here. My understanding is a landowner/farmer/rancher can shoot them at any time (without needing a small game license) if they are harassing livestock. The wife's chickens count as livestock. I got a few of them soon after she got the chickens. They were so stinkin' bold at first I could hardly believe it. Three of the five I shot were at less than 40 yards. Got em' with 000 buck. They're skittish now but still come around. My dog ran three of them off the other night.