I want to make it clear that I respect EVERYONES opinion
I just like to throw in things that I have personally seen, to show you why my opinion is sometimes different.
I have seen tracks of a single coyote, working the east side of a thicket
and another set of a single working just inside the west side of the same thicket.
maybe the one in the thicket would stir the prey up and get the scent up in the air
and the one on the outside of the thicket would be the poster, so to speak.
Maybe this is why some only see the one coyote.
Also, I've seen 4 coyotes leaving a golden rod field, just after sun up, single file, the day after Christmas,
headed into really thick cover on a southern exposed hillside.
Out of these 4 coyotes, that time of year, what was each coyotes family role?