Coyotes? I am always a little frustrated to see a new poster, go to their profile and see a blank page. You seem to be asking a question about a solution to a problem you may not have; At least not now. Obviously some individual bears may be a problem to some people some of the time. It is wise and prudent to be armed with knowledge and appropriate behaviors around bears and ONLY then with a solution in a can. Otherwise your like the lady who once cornered me in the pesticide aisle demanding rattlesnake repellant. I was talking with Tom Selleck at the time, and when he chuckled she angrily told him he lived in Hawaii and didn't have her problems. Tom agreed with her <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Pepper spray is a usefull tool for bears. It is not holy water. As for coyotes? 'God's Dog' has all of 2 documented attacks in California with one fatality. The incidents were in recently 'developed' natural areas involving young, unsupervised children with high pitched voices and akward body language screaming prey to equally young, inexperienced and hunger stressed individuals. One was later determined to be a 'coy-dog' cross. If you are still afraid of 'yotes, just work to get wolves reintroduced. It was their eradication that directly allowed trickster's rapid and ongoing territorial expansion from Alaska to Central America. Wolves have an even lousier record; documented human attacks in the western hemisphere- zero. Well no, My friend's female I socialised with as a pup saw me 5 years later, ran through a dog show in the park and knocked me down in joy. We told the upset judges she was a Husky. They mumbled about her sub standard conformation <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />