How to get rid of coyotes?

For me they are a difficult animal to hunt. They move through randomly…mostly at night. When i hear them i can sometimes sneak on the patio with my AR and spot them with a red light. My dogs usually have them distracted. Its always about 2 min from the time i realize they are there till they are gone. Electronic call works ok if they are nearby.

Do you have a pair or more of LGDs? They will keep your livestock safe. Proven adults since you have yotes now. They work as a team and depending your predator load you may need more than 2.

I once helped a rancher out with his coyote problem. Over the span of a month I killed 33 coyotes. Some had the mange so bad they looked like a chupacabra. They can be a real problem during calving.
Thermal. Suppressed. And set up over something dead.

Seriously didn't get rid of them, we still saw them,but they stayed away from our calves. Previous to donkeys, we lost a few. Donkeys can be asses though, pardon the pun

LDAF set some wire loop traps on fences where they crossed our land, caught a few

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If you have sheep get a Great Pyrenees or a mule.

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My neighbor has about a half dozen mareema sheep dog. Looks kinda like a sheep or a long, white haired retriever. Italian in origin. We still occasionally do some 'yote hunts when they start fricking with the herd or taking smaller animals like the domestic fowls.

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I once helped a rancher out with his coyote problem. Over the span of a month I killed 33 coyotes. Some had the mange so bad they looked like a chupacabra. They can be a real problem during calving.
Thermal. Suppressed. And set up over something dead.

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Interesting thing about coyotes, they can greatly regulate the size (number) of their litters. Once an area reaches carrying capacity they drop down to having 4-6 in a litter. As soon as the coyote population drops and the pressure is taken off of the food supply they will increase their litter size, sometimes to near double. They will continue breeding at that rate until carrying capacity is again reached, and then drop their litter size down again. They're remarkable on timing it and knowing when a given ecosystem will support it.

Coyotes have gained the foothold they have due to what we did to wolves. Wolves were a keystone species, alpha predators, within the same ecosystems inhabited by coyotes, which are (or were) mesopredators. Wolves were extirpated from large areas, causing a mesopredator release. Wolves and coyotes had overlap in prey species. Wiping out wolves meant coyotes had no natural competition for their common prey items, they had (and have) no pressure on them from above in the food web.

The coyote's range and geographical expansion was also naturally checked by wolves. Once wolves, the alpha predators, were removed it gave coyotes seemingly unlimited prey and freedom to expand their range. As mentioned above, once coyotes realized their new reality and place within their ecosystems they ramped up their breeding and a population boom began, fueled by unlimited food and unchecked movement.

Add into that mix that around the same time this shift was taking place our population as a country began to grow rapidly. We expanded our domain, and continue to do so at a rapid pace. This has brought humans into direct conflict with coyotes and forced the coyote to adapt to a dwindling natural habitat. Well, the coyote is remarkably adaptive, much moreso than the wolf.

This same conflict is playing out with everything from coyotes and bears to wildfire. The closer you get to Nature, the greater the conflict. The more natural habitat we manipulate, fracture, or destroy the fewer options we give wild animals.

Sorry for the ramble. This topic interests me.

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That looks similar to a Kangal. I love watching videos of these dogs protecting.

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Mr. Butch doing his thing

The Kangal is Turkish and retains its ancient breeding. They are often referred to Anatolians here, but are not. The Kangal is a super serious breed. Interestingly, the Akbash, one of the great white LGDs is an Anatolian, also. Just a white one.

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Agree with all of that plus the rest of your post, however, coyotes are also very smart and if they know thier relatives get shot, caught, maned by a LGD every time they come into a particular area, they stay away from that area, which is all I really care about, I don’t care if they have a thriving population as long as it is away from me and mine

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You're essentially creating a mini ecosystem with the LGD playing the role of an Alpha predator. That's the goal, anyway. It teaches the coyote a negative association with your place. The main concern is continued habitat and resource loss for the coyote, causing desperation. That's when they really become a pain.

ETA: That's kind of where we are in my area. There has been a boom in development of what was wooded tracts and ag fields, with a decent creek passing through the area. It was prime territory for coyotes. First, a major four lane road was built through the middle of the area, essentially cutting it in half (that's habitat fracturing). Woods were then cleared and large warehouses and plants moved in with acres of asphalt and concrete (that's habitat loss). At the same time homes were being built across the area (that's direct conflict). Adding feeder roads and neighborhood roads further fractured the habitat.

Now, we have people in direct conflict with animals not particularly used to it. Complaints of seeing coyotes have skyrocketed, along with other wildlife encounters. I drive the new road a few times a week, and there is a lot of roadkill on it.

I'm not anti-progress or growth such as this (other than screw the influx of people and traffic), it is a necessity. I just know there are better ways to mitigate these known issues, but they weren't even considered.