either/or
tracking data showed movement behavior roughly broken down into 2 types- let me point out these were not static, and that the behavior changed for individuals all the time.
1 type would have the coyote I n basically 1 area- but during the night, he would be moving "constantly" so during the period, even though he hadn't left a few acres, he put on 7-8 miles (on average) during the night.
other animals would travel more out of a smaller defined area, and these coyotes often had the pattern I described- going back and forth between 2-3 destination points over the period. so yes, that includes doubling back.
but we also had coyotes that, for example, like one little female- was a homebody for several months, seldom being off the home farm, until 1 night she went 19 miles and got killed by a car
obviously all coyotes all the time did not have this pattern, but overall, that pattern emerged- and it is a pattern that seemed to be fairly consistent when checking with other free range studies- that 7-10 miles "travel"
what this means is this- travelways might give you one shot at something- but destination points, will give you multiple chances I nthe same night.
I've often wondered how many times a coyote is aware of a set, before he commits- at the very least, at times a coyote is going to be aware of your set multiple times, before he commits.
