It happened a few hunting seasons back. I have reputable persons who also saw it. For that I am thankful. I won't mention their names. I was in my hunting blind in South Texas. Not a lot was happening when crossing a sandero came a badger. They are low-slung creatures and look almost like they are crawling. They can be really mean. Behind the badger a few feet was a coyote. The badger was hunting, looking for small varmits he could dig out of a nest or hole in the ground. I thought it kinda unusual. They disappeared into the brush and later reappeared in another road. The badger was ignoring the coyote and the coyote was not interested in the badger. He seemed interested in what the badger might dig up. I saw it a third time. I even saw it again on another hunting day. I finally figured it out, I think. The coyote was letting the badger hunt for him. When the badger found a hole of field mice or whatever, the coyote would move in and share in the food. The coyote was taking the easy route. Catching without the dirty work of digging.
That seems to be the nature of a lot of people in the world today. Letting others do the digging while they enjoy the products. Thieves fit in this category. They can move in in a moment and take years of earnings. Get-rich-quick folks fit in my category as coyotes. There
are those in religious garb. Slick ads offering get rich or get well quick advice may be hiding a
coyote. I have heard for years "badgering" used in conversation. I would like to add "coyoting" to our language. While you are out there digging glance back from time to time. There may be a coyote following you.