Have any of you noticed a change in the behavior of your local yotes? Here in the North Valleys outside of Reno I haven't had to go any further than my driveway lately. Haven't had to call em in at all. I went out through my garage this afternoon and as I stepped outside a full grown big male was coming out of the brush, he didn't pay any attention to me at all. I had time to head back into the house and grab the 20ga, go back out, walk toward him to about 10 yards. I took my sweet time lining him up and let him have one of #3 buck out of the 870. He jumped and took off. He made it about 10 yards and dropped.
Here's the deal this is the sixth time in a month that this has played out almost exactly the same way, in broad daylight, close range, 40 yards maximum . Three have been taken with an old Marlin 336 with a Lee 309 150. I have a few neighbors around and BLM land behind the house, but since these coyotes have shown no fear and are coming in so close I've switched to the 20ga to cut down on the over penetration issue and ricochets.
These animals don't appear to be sick or under feed. In the past it was rare to see any out and about in the day time, let alone stand there looking at you as you sighted them in.
So have you noticed any strange behavior from your local coyotes?