With the cooler weather, the leaves all off and a forcast of snow monday and tuesday it might be time to dust off the calls and head to the swamps. I have been doing alittle howling at night around the area and have a number of packs located. Come on cold weather. 
Have heard and seen a lot of yote activity these last few weeks around the shack in northern So. Dak I dont go after coyotes really but it sure gets the blood pumping anyways!
Dodge-You chasing the coyotes yet? The weather up your way should be getting them out and about anytime now 
I hunted a couple of sets last Saturday evening in E. Pope Co., MN. No moon/cloudy so it got dark very fast! I had no results, but later realized the two locations I set up at had a number of deer hunters hunting the area the week before (Zone 4B). On the way out of each site I found left-over gut piles and one 3/4 eaten deer. I figured the ‘yotes had been eating very well in those areas for the past week – hence the no shows at the calling sites. What really got me pumped was that they all started howling within a few minutes after I got to my truck and it got dark. I know they’re there, I just need their Thanksgiving deer leftovers to run dry. Snow and cold weather will make that all the better now though. Besides, I’m ready to change over to snow cammo. ….It just makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over. 
It does seem to be tough for awhile after deer hunting. Like you mentioned, they have a good supply of food from gut piles, deer carcasses, and deer that died that were not recovered.
On the bright side, the weather is starting to change for the better and they should start responding to calling as a result.
In a couple weeks I will start hitting the woods for yotes. Just have to wait for the gut piles to disappear and get cold. Finally cooled off this week and all the small lakes are frozen over and the bigger lakes have shelf ice Won’t be long and I can put the hammer down 
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