Multiple/ pack of coyotes

[turkeyfeathers]

In all my years of being in the woods I’ve never seen more than one at a time. Many instances of hearing what sounds like multiples barking , yipping and howling. Only one trail cam pic of 2 together ( this year ) over the years too. Once when I was hunting Eagle/ Bliss I did cut 4 sets of tracks descending down a big hill . Each set 50-75 yards apart and could tell definitely hunting down to the bottom and into the wind. Was pretty neat to see the pack hunting scheme played out in the snow. I know a friend of a friend caught a triple last year trapping. Was neat pic to see. 
What’s your experience of seeing multiple coyotes together ? 

[Five Seasons]

similar to yours. pairs, but never more than pairs. 

[Hock3y24]

Smoke a pack a day

[2012_taco]

TF, I was hunting spring turkey a few years ago in E. Otto and had 3 yotes come crashing through my set up running a deer! If I didn't have a couple of birds in front of me gobblin I would have un loaded on them!

[2012_taco]

PS, the birds broke up but started back up in about a half hour. Although they out smarted me that morning! (not that hard to do!)

[Jeremy K]

The same pair on camera a couple times the last few years and one of them is almost black ,I saw the black one a few time this past season while in the woods. 

[LET EM GROW]

Ive called in a pack of 6 yotes about  at once, 10 years ago, on one of my first sets ever. I believe it was January. And hunting early season yotes when they still may be with their mother ive called at a pack of 8 with lip squeaks while deer hunting opening day of bow season. Got 1..  Hunting with a just a cheap scoped rifle, ground snow and moonlight(if there was any) .. Most times, especially this time of year its a pair that come in or singles.. but not always.  

[Robhuntandfish]

Multiple times 2 together , never seen more than 2 though.  

[ny hunter]

Never saw a pack..... I hear them behind my house at night.....Like most a pair is all I ever saw together 

[farmer 52]

Second day of muzzleloader this past year, pac of five came thru.Four were in a very close group,5th was tailing about 30-40 yards, and was the largest of the group.That was the only time i have seen that many at one time.

[Steuben Jerry]

Saw two together just one time I think, usually singles.

2-3 years ago, early morning but good daylight I had five chasing a doe and fawn out of the woods across one corner of the field I was watching (bow season). I use the term chasing loosely as they looked more like they were running with them or almost playing rather than chasing them. It may have been an adult and her youngsters. That was the only time I saw a group.

At night we'll hear the different groups sound off to each other, sometimes from three different directions. Who knows how many there actually are, but it sure sounds like a bunch. I really do like listening to that.

I think I have some Tcam shots of pairs or three.

[grampy]

On the farm property, it's usually singles and pairs seen. Though it holds many more coyotes. At the lake property though, for some reason, many times I'll see four to six of them together! Especially during bow season. They always are following the ridge, into the wind. Had a member hunting with me in there a year or so ago. He was low, I was higher up the ridge. Shortly after I got settled in, a pack of five went right between us on the lip of the bank. Busting out a large mature buck that was bedded there! I caught a glimps of it, as did Jdubs. But neither of us had a shot. I did almost lip squeek in one of the yotes though. All were BIG coyotes too. As they usually are over there.

[BigVal]

I saw 8 together (could have been more) in ellicttville a few years ago in may. 

[Al Bundy]

...."Once when I was hunting Eagle/ Bliss .." . You better be careful. Hunting Eagle can land you in jail.. Never hunted a Bliss before.

Seriously, I have only seen three yotes total. A single while out with the xbow. And a pair out with my 30-06 while whitetail hunting.  

[doebuck1234]

Have only seen singles in person and on cam.seem to hear alot more than 1 or 2 when they sound off in a distance

[Steve D]

One can never tell how many are actually there based on howling. One or two can sound like 10 and one or two could have a bunch with them that don't say a word.

 The most I have ever had come to a call at once that I could see and count was 5. It was a moonlit night with snow on the ground and I could see them plain as day with out a light.

[Moho81]

I have never seen a single one in the woods. that includes the time I went hunting for them.

[Fletch]

I've seen singles probably 98% of the time and a few pairs. Just once I saw 4 non pups together in person. On cam I get pairs and mom and pups a lot more often.

[Daveboone]

 a number of years ago I watched two chase a small deer across a clearing, road and into the woods on the opposite side. No firearm, wouldn't have had a chance even so. They were tailing pretty close....wasn't looking good.

[E J]

I've seen mostly singles, lots of doubles, once had three come out of a small sliver of woods on a drive and once had four or five come by me on an early season bow hunt. The first one I ever saw was totally black on opening day of PA gun season 20+ years ago. It was my first time hunting PA, I was young and didn't know if the season was open or not during deer season. Man did I catch hell for that back at the cabin we stayed at when the day was over. I never actually killed one until about 5 year's ago where I now live and since then I've killed a handful all during deer season.

[Gencountyzeek]

Saw 4 together 2 weeks ago. Too bad they were running, downwind and over 300 yards out.

[avg. joe]

Have a pic from last winter on the trail cam of 3 running together.

[Tughill Tamer]

Never seen more than one at a time in person or on the cams.

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[sbuff]

In NYS I've only seen one or two together, when I hunted in Maine in 2006 I saw a pack of six ,two of which i got and one ended up on my wall 

Edited January 31, 2020 by sbuff

[wolc123]

I have seen mostly singles and a few doubles.   If I ever get a crack at a pair again, I will aim for the smaller of the two with my first shot.  The last time it happened (with a pair feeding on a bait pile on a moonlit night), I took my first shot at the big male. I then sprayed a few more at the smaller female, as they bolted away, with my Ruger 10/22.   I found the male the next morning (Remington yelow-jacket thru both lungs) 40 yards from the pile, but no sign of the female.   Just like with deer, killing the females is a lot more effective for population control.   

The only time I saw more than two, was in June when the hay was just cut, and the pups would come out and play in the daylight.  It is too bad that NY state don't let us shoot them then.   I think the local population is down these days in WMU 9F, based on increased fox sightings (coyotes do not tolerate foxes in their territory). I only saw one coyote last throughout last deer season.  I blew my chance at that one (looked like a big red-tinted male) when it heard my frozen blind window crack as I slid it open.    It would have been a standing broadside 50 yard "chip-shot" at 10:00 am in the late-morning.