Plain and simple - what's the most number of coyotes you have PERSONALLY WITNESSED in one "pack", and where was it? Please keep this to verified sightings, not some story your 2nd cousin Clem told you.

The reason I ask is because I've seen and heard what appear to be "tall tales" about 40 coyotes in a pack, etc. I find it hard to believe that there are places with enough food to support such a pack, let alone the group dynamics of such a pack. Nevertheless, I am open minded and maybe just haven't been to such places.

I spend a lot of time outdoors and in the woods, but started hunting coyotes only three years ago. The most I've ever seen myself is three. I would venture a guess that a pack of five would be a huge pack here in NY.

I've seen 7 during deer season in the badlands of ND close to the Montana border.

I'll try to make this short.

Was fishing at Anderson lake about a mile off Lands End hwy. about 10 miles south of Grand Junction CO., below Grand Mesa. I was casting for bass while standing on a large cottonwood trunk that had fallen into the lake. The sun had been down for a little while and the moon was making an appearance as I stepped off the trunk onto the earthen dam.

Some 15 or 20 feet below the dam was a lot of brush and other greenery. As that moon rose over the mesa the howling started just below me.I mean close. I first thought there must be about 15 of them and I was only armed with a fishing rod. There probably was only 6 or so but they convinced me that I better cover the 30 yds. to my car post haste. Well I'm still here. roger

I've seen a pack of 5 with a couple of younger, smaller, ones in the group. Tried to get close to them but bad wind and they were gone.

In southern Alberta never seen more than 5 in a group.

The most I have seen at once was 7, but I believe that it was two packs (3 and 4), and their territories bordered each other.

The three hung up at about 900 yards, the other 4 were closer at ~ 600yards, with one of those peeling off and coming into the call at 150yards.

Just as I pulled the trigger, one of the three closest barked and the one I had dead in my mind anyway, spun back and I missed. If I would have pulled the trigger a 1/2 second sooner..Oh well.

Most I have ever seen was 4 and that was just a few miles south of the house .
They were "hunting" in a pasture.

I heard tales of them packing up on calves during hungry times, back when I lived in NM, but never saw any direct evidence of such!

I counted 13 coyotes in a pack early evening in the Spring just after calving season in the central valley of California near Avenal and Coalinga.

My father had similar experiences when he worked the land many years ago...coyotes will pack up and can distract a cow while others dispatch the calf...

I've seen packs moving away from me off in the distance that likely numbered 15 or so. On one occasion I did count 12, but there were a few more that I couldn't actually see.

On a setup calling, I've had 7 come in to me at once on one occasion. My buddy and I got four of them. I was shooting my 17 Rem and he was shooting his new Weatherby 30-378. I got two; he got two.

Anderson Mesa on the San Carlos Indian reservation AZ. Buddy and I counted 17 at one time, it was spring and the antelope does were dropping their young. Yotes were following does around non stop. We killed 11 in three days most long shots with a .270 and 7mm

Saw 4 before a big storm while Chuck hunting. They came up over a creek bank down a tree line.

3 got away as I only had a single shot Savage 22-250 that day.

My "second cousin Clem" (actually a very reliable hunting partner) had 9 coyotes one morning on a wheat field scavenging the carcasses of three feral hogs he had killed the day before. There's no way to say if they were of the same "pack", simply that they were feeding in the same 20 acre field on three rather widely scattered carcasses. They may have been, but more likely were not, from the same family unit. The feeding opportunity alowed unrelated coyotes to eat their fill without fighting over a single carcass.

The most coyotes running together that I've ever seen has been about three. More commonly, when more than one coyote is present it will be simply male-female pairs. I think it is extemely rare for them to hunt in a multi-animal group like wolves. Their strong suit is small rodents and scavaging and although they have been known to conglomerate and take down a calf or perhaps even a deer (particularly in adverse weather), it's not their normal mode of hunting.

As far as howling or singing, three coyotes can sound like a dozen. Don't be fooled by the confusing cacaphony.

Saw a pack of 9 while deer hunting this year on the prairie.
They were working the draws, just like I was...neither of us had any luck!

The most that I have ever seen in a pack is 6. Saw them in Wyoming last October. Here at home (NC) I often see 2 of them together.

7, hanging around a cow herd, during calving season, before I opened fire.
Grizz

7 is usually the most you will see in a pack because more than 5 pups aren't able to compete for food and the smaller ones uaually die. The size of the litter is usuallly determined by the amount of prey available at the time of breeding.... It works that way with raptors (hawks and falcons) also...