Coy Dogs

Similar info as posted by The Atlanta Coyote Project some years back.

Impossible? No. As common as many want to believe? No.

I've posted these pics, and others, before of the four mixed-colored coyotes I've killed here in central FL all within a mile of each other. I wish I could have had them tested.





 
Bowhntr6pt said:
Similar info as posted by The Atlanta Coyote Project some years back.

Impossible? No. As common as many want to believe? No.

I've posted these pics, and others, before of the four mixed-colored coyotes I've killed here in central FL all within a mile of each other. I wish I could have had them tested.





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According to what that says, they tested 400+ eastern yotes and the “average” had 10% doggo. Doesnt sound rare to me
 
As a result, by the early part of the last century, wolf populations in the Great Lakes area were at a low point, and were having difficulty finding other wolves to mate with. Enter: the coyote. Much as Lewis and Clark explored the West a century earlier, coyotes were on the move east seeking new territories and opportunities, and finding the lack of mountain lions and wolves (species that had hitherto kept them confined to the West) much to their liking. Animals headed east by way of migrating north over the Great Lakes encountered the desperate wolves there, one thing led to another and...yadda yadda yadda:
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Hmmm, suppose the shortage of mates could explain the fact that black coyotes seem to be much more prevalent in the east??
 
hm1996 said:
Hmmm, suppose the shortage of mates could explain the fact that black coyotes seem to be much more prevalent in the east??
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IDK, Clarence… I mean I know a Whitetail and a Muley can hybridize. You can cross a Zebra with a Horse or a Donkey. A Musky and a Northern Pike can make a Tiger Musky. I’m pretty sure there’s other things in nature that can crossbreed. But somehow coyotes, wolves and domestic dogs are off the table.
 
hunt0168 said:
IDK, Clarence… I mean I know a Whitetail and a Muley can hybridize. You can cross a Zebra with a Horse or a Donkey. A Musky and a Northern Pike can make a Tiger Musky. I’m pretty sure there’s other things in nature that can crossbreed. But somehow coyotes, wolves and domestic dogs are off the table.
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How can you forget a lion and a tiger?

So y'all trying to tell me that I shot someone's dog earlier this year???
 
Yeah, but those things aren’t out to kill each other either.
No, if you find one, then most likely it was bred in captivity. There’s umpteen studies out there telling the likelihood of it happening successfully in the wild are pretty slim. As far as genetics, I’m sure you could take your house-cat and it’ll have mountain lion somewhere in its make up.
10% means sometime since the beginning of time a coyote and dog mated, most likely captivity, and one offspring escaped to mate with a coyote.
Again, if you’re interested there’s a bunch of studies stating all the facts of why this would be an anomaly.
 
DoubleLungRage said:
So y'all trying to tell me that I shot someone's dog earlier this year???
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Nahh… Just about 10% of someone’s dog.
Spurchaser said:
As far as genetics, I’m sure you could take your house-cat and it’ll have mountain lion somewhere in its make up.
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I’m no genetics genius, but I know you can count on a canine not playing by the rules if given the chance. I personally witnessed one of my male beagles violate a stuffed teddy bear! I wasn’t taking chances with the cross and buried that teddy bear before I had to deal with the outcome! Canines are crazy I tell you!
 
pic 5 sec before this was a normal coyote so make your own mind up:oops:. Only pic the landowner got of it but i hunted hard there that year
 

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