Great to hear from you Jordan. I would love to see an updated picture of you and the family if you have time to post one. I know those little ones have grown a bunch by now!
I killed 4 yotes with my deer rifle while deer hunting last fall. I was letting them walk at first, but on the second day after I had one run a fawn by me at 40 mph I’d had enough and started blasting.
Ever so often I bring a trapper in who does an excellent job. On year I had 6 in a pack and he caught 5 of them. The last one then left and I was coyote free for 2 years. I’m not into thermal yet, but that seems to be the ultimate way to go. However, I do have concerns about thermal in the hands of poachers.
PS - look back at page 58 of this thread and you can see the double I got one morning.