The problem with them is when they lose fear of humans or learn that domestic livestock is good prey. A bird feeder during a hard winter will bring them in, as they are after mice, then what eats mice and up the food chain. It could even be the fallen grains. Although I have warded a few off, even grazed one 2 years ago, you don't know whether its enough to send one packing from fear, or he'll just wait it out and come back.
The DEC page below is fairly accurate in my opinion based on my experience with them. They recognize the danger and I have seen first hand how a full grown adult coyote (eastern variety is large) run adult whitetail deer, domestic livestock, depending, is easier prey.
The other video below is of some fool, (he does use explicit language a few times) messing with a coyote. Ignore the foolish behavior of the person, but watch closely how at first he could have warded this coyote off, even more so with a firearm and warning shot. Instead, because of his behavior, that coyote immediately gained confidence and was no doubt looking at him as prey to wear down over time. Add another or two and you have yourself in a bad situation. They run deer, corner then when exhausted, then start tearing into them until over time they die, its nature, but extremely nasty. They'll do the same to you if given the chance, same with livestock, pets and small children.
Don't take chances with them, if they are near ones home or farm/outbuildings, its well past time to dispatch them. Who knows whether the guy in the video or someone else was feeding or otherwise causing this coyote to lose fear, but the end result is the same no matter how it happens. He will distract you and the one you don't see will try to either take you down or wear you down enough to create an opportunity for a kill.
My slow moving elderly mother resides here and I had one 100 feet from the house that lost his fear of humans. She would be easy prey when headed to the mailbox at a snails pace. He was grazed with a .308 and never returned, my intent was to kill, he was lucky, and one of or the largest I have ever seen too. Same one moved into a 55 gallon drum on its side with no top in my yard during the harsh winter of '14-'15. Weather plays a role, a hard winter and someone with a birdfeeder can expect them to show up. I see all kinds of things in their droppings, mice, berries, fish scales from fish they have gotten whether its remains from dead ones or what, hard to believe they can catch live ones.
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