There are hundreds of coyotes where I live. They really aren't that bad. Where I used to live, they'd come right into our back yard. One night I even slept in the tent in the backyard so I got to be really close to them. My dad didn't like them in the backyard, so he'd let Leather and Stitch (my old dog) out into their pen and they'd scare the coyotes away. Even in huge packs, they are pretty afraid of dogs.

Coyotes are extremely smart, and don't generally go around humans. They are the smartest of the canids, which is why there are so many of them and why they are extremely difficult to catch with a trap.