How likely would it be to find a coyote with 3 small pups this time of year? From what little I know the pups should be breaking off on their own by now.
The reason I ask is that there is a drainage ditch across the road from the end of my driveway that borders about 80 acres of farm gound and I found 4 carcasses dumped in it today(pretty much right at the end of my driveway). They are all skinned. I'm hoping that it is a coyote and pups, but that seems unlikely to me. There is a good bit of fat on the pups and the full sized one is fairly well filled out. I didn't go wading in to investigate too closely, but I'd hate to think its somebodys dogs. If it was somebody hunting coyote, they need to find a better spot to dump carcasses