Giant Coyote? What do you think?

I helped with a DNA study on coyotes. WHat is considered to be a coyote is very losely defined. all but 2 of the coyotes I turned in contained DNA other than coyote. One even had wolf DNA that matched wolves in Wyo. Explain to me how a North Texas coyote has Wyo. wolf DNA.
The 2 that did not contain other DNA were considered old world coyotes. When I asked about more detail they simply told me that coyote DNA was very muddy. whatever that means!?
 
Eastern yotes are a cross between yote and red wolf. 80lb yote was shot last year in ny I think it was. Anyway if you do some research you can find info that isnt a secret that they released full blooded red wolves in ny.I have seen couple that are truly monsters around here in central PA. Yet to connect with one but there is some huge ones being seen of late.
 
I am far from an expert either but here is my 2cents. I have seen and took
a few photos of wolves in Alaska. We have several stuffed wolves around
town here. I looked at some other photos of the coyote in question. It's
muzzle is thin, It's facial markings are way more in line with a yote, It's
teeth are small for a wolf. It's feet appear way too small for a wolf. No way
do they look (in the photos) like they'ld lay down a 4 1/2" track. It's leg
bones also look too thin for a wolf.
 
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As an avid coyote hunter and former Wildlife Biology Student (still no expert), I would say that it is probably a gray wolf-coyote cross. I would like to add that if it is a wolf or wolf-cross, it would most likely be a descendant of wolves from Minnesota, not from the Yellowstone Area. About ten years ago a radio-collared wolf was killed in DeWitt, Missouri, which is only about 50 miles from where this animal was killed. Every year there are several sightings of wolves and mountain lions in Missouri, yet the "experts" continually deny that there are any breeding populations within the state.
 
Originally Posted By: FishJ3As an avid coyote hunter and former Wildlife Biology Student (still no expert), I would say that it is probably a gray wolf-coyote cross. I would like to add that if it is a wolf or wolf-cross, it would most likely be a descendant of wolves from Minnesota, not from the Yellowstone Area. About ten years ago a radio-collared wolf was killed in DeWitt, Missouri, which is only about 50 miles from where this animal was killed. Every year there are several sightings of wolves and mountain lions in Missouri, yet the "experts" continually deny that there are any breeding populations within the state.

Have you ever seen gray wolves around coyotes? It would be like a red fox around a coyote. It would catch it and kill. I don't think it will pin it down and love it. That is just from my readings and from vids I have watched.

 
It looks like a wolf to me. I've never seen a husky or malamute with that size of a head, let alone one that weighs over 100 lbs. I think the comments about the DWR trying to keep the "wolf" quiet carry a lot of validity. Great trophy either way.
 
Seems to have some long legs...wolf like! I live in minnesota and come across timber wolves all the time im going cross grey/coyote tail gives the coyote away face and legs say wolf.
 
Originally Posted By: hardbarginthat is a dog.

This is where it gets confusing.

Most on here refer to coyotes as dogs. So when somebody blurts out "that's a dog" what the he11 do they REALLY mean?

I guess maybe it's a dog but it's actually a coyote. Or maybe it's a coyote but actually it's a dog. Might be a wolf. I know it ain't a cat. That outta cover all the bases.
 
Originally Posted By: Trap935Originally Posted By: FishJ3As an avid coyote hunter and former Wildlife Biology Student (still no expert), I would say that it is probably a gray wolf-coyote cross. I would like to add that if it is a wolf or wolf-cross, it would most likely be a descendant of wolves from Minnesota, not from the Yellowstone Area. About ten years ago a radio-collared wolf was killed in DeWitt, Missouri, which is only about 50 miles from where this animal was killed. Every year there are several sightings of wolves and mountain lions in Missouri, yet the "experts" continually deny that there are any breeding populations within the state.

Have you ever seen gray wolves around coyotes? It would be like a red fox around a coyote. It would catch it and kill. I don't think it will pin it down and love it. That is just from my readings and from vids I have watched.



Idaho DFW just confirmed a dog/Wolf hybrid - it was in the Spokesman Review about a week ago. It was shot after killing a lamb in SE Idaho. It doesn't seem like much of a stretch for it to end up as a Woyote...
 
Originally Posted By: FishJ3As an avid coyote hunter and former Wildlife Biology Student (still no expert), I would say that it is probably a gray wolf-coyote cross. I would like to add that if it is a wolf or wolf-cross, it would most likely be a descendant of wolves from Minnesota, not from the Yellowstone Area. About ten years ago a radio-collared wolf was killed in DeWitt, Missouri, which is only about 50 miles from where this animal was killed. Every year there are several sightings of wolves and mountain lions in Missouri, yet the "experts" continually deny that there are any breeding populations within the state.

If you're talking about the 80 pound gray wolf that was shot in Grundy County Missouri in 2001...that wolf came from Michigan's U.P., I have spent some time with the wolf biologist that put the radio collar on it...
 
I'll come right out and say it. MO Dept of Conservation has been known to lie. I'm not saying all conservation agents are liars.

Good grief, they are gov't, and we all know the gov't isn't always truthful.
 
Originally Posted By: johralOriginally Posted By: Trap935Originally Posted By: FishJ3As an avid coyote hunter and former Wildlife Biology Student (still no expert), I would say that it is probably a gray wolf-coyote cross. I would like to add that if it is a wolf or wolf-cross, it would most likely be a descendant of wolves from Minnesota, not from the Yellowstone Area. About ten years ago a radio-collared wolf was killed in DeWitt, Missouri, which is only about 50 miles from where this animal was killed. Every year there are several sightings of wolves and mountain lions in Missouri, yet the "experts" continually deny that there are any breeding populations within the state.

Have you ever seen gray wolves around coyotes? It would be like a red fox around a coyote. It would catch it and kill. I don't think it will pin it down and love it. That is just from my readings and from vids I have watched.



Idaho DFW just confirmed a dog/Wolf hybrid - it was in the Spokesman Review about a week ago. It was shot after killing a lamb in SE Idaho. It doesn't seem like much of a stretch for it to end up as a Woyote...


The mystery about the two strange animals killed in North Texas that were suspected to be the legendary and mythical El Chupacabra came to an end when DNA tests confirmed that the animal was not Chupacabra, rather, that was a canine-coyote.
Few days back, a rancher in North Texas saw an extremely ugly creature that resembled a wolf and a dog. Later, the same creature was killed by an animal control officer. This gave birth to numerous speculations about the unidentified creature and was mostly predicted as a Chupacabra.
El Chupacabra is the brainchild of Hispanic stories and is notorious as a blood sucker of livestock especially goats and sheep. The word Chupacabra is a Spanish word meaning "goat sucker".
Later, the DNA test of the strange, rather, mysterious creature was conducted by Mike Forstner of Texas State University. The DNA test showed that the animal was a canine-coyote hybrid and not a Chupacabra.
 


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