I am guessing the coyote never made its way back to its den?
I really have a near video game going. Our house is parallel to our longish pond. When the water is down, the coyotes slink across the opposite shore sniffing and etc. If I go out on my deck (armed of course) and they look across, all they see is a shaded, dark porch. The sun is right in their face. BANG.