I grew up in the cattle ranching Sandhills in Nebraska in the 1930s and there was a concerted effort to wipe out coyotes completely. Never happened, of course, but the reduction of coyotes for those years gave me a great increase in rabbits and prairie dogs to shoot with the 22 single shot I got for my 6th birthday - got a well used Winchester 94 in 32 special the next year since I thought coyotes should be given at least a humane one shot kill - and a 22 wasn't up to that -
My dog helped me but somehow wasn't in this shot.
I was an adult before I got a BB gun - Daisy Red Ryder