Giant Coyotes Sighted in Maryland!!!!!

Kirby: I have never met MrMattJohnson or even know him. He made a good point and i thought it was also funny..LOL
No Kirby i have never seen a 50 pound coyote in Iowa and from the info i gathered from other members from around the state they have not also, just you.. There maybe a few old males running around Iowa that come close to the 50 pound mark its just know one has shot any to prove it.. Sorry..

Colored fox! I thought you understood the info i supplied.??? The odd colored fox i posted pic's of come from game farms, it took them years and years of breeding and cell splitting to get those colors. Something that don't just happen in the wild other than silver fox, cross fox and the reddish and orange color that most see when out hunting. If a silver breed with a red or a cross you may get a red with more black in it or it may just come out looking like another silver, i guess it would depend on what Gene is dominet.. If you still don't understand do a little research, its there if you look...
As for odd colored coyotes i was refering to the ones where you see alot of lite brown around legs and hipps and shoulders, most of this is caused by wet grass or corn-stalks or other dead vegitation that the coyote lays in..
I have shot a few like this and when i had the hides tanned most of this lite brown disappeared when they where tanned. The black color thats showing up couldbe almost anything, messed up Genes, inter-breeding with dogs, who knows! Only way to find out is do a DNA test i guess..

As for hunting coyotes at home i do it two ways, Hunt& Stalk or with a group and its all done legally.
Before i started hunting with a group i took over 40 coyotes a year on my own and when i hunt with a group it comes out about the same, sometimes more. Its not as easey as you think or everyone wouldbe doing it here and killing just as many. Just sitting in a truck and watching a coyote don't teach you much other than the coyote is good at finding mice and such.. You have a few years up on me but i don't believe you know anymore than me, youre kill numbers wouldbe just as high as mine if it was true.. Sorry

I'm assumeing you are referring to this pick of the coyote we called the Lengend, not sure of its exact age just know it was around for 3-4 years.. I don't know how you can judge the age of a coyote by looking at the pic.. It mouth was froze shut and no teeth showing. I have three pic of it and all are the same just one pic is down sized so i can post it on this board. Sorry!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif

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Well, I posted a pic of a weighed 50 lb coyote. Apparently that is not good enough. Not to mention the other posted pic, is of a larger coyote.

Anyway, your right I do have alot more experience than you. Does that make me a better hunter?...No, just not a new guy.
I often watch coyotes, to learn. I often give them a pass, to learn. I stalk in on very few a yr. Why? Because I'd rather learn than kill.

I remarked of seeing a wild calico Red, running with a dusky black Red. You stated that is was a wild fur farm Red. Bunk, on that I say.

There is so much "man" does not know or has figured out, nor will he ever. But yet, you seem to know...impressive.

As for the fencelines vs coyote height. Any investigator, or experienced hunter. Knows that you can campare the size of an animal[coyote] to a "known" size of a structure...ie 4' fence pole & fenceline. To gain knowledge of the size of an animal. Elementary.

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Guys... lets get this back on topic please. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif



Amen to that!

Here's a 46lb Illinois male:
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Here's a 50lb Iowa male:
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Here's a 52lb Nebraska Sandhills male:
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The biggest coyotes I've ever seen pictures of were in the 60s and 70s lb range from a buddy of mine in Maine. Very 'wolfy' looking coyotes...unlike anything I've come across in any state.

PS. I've hunted with Kirby. He does have some big coyotes over in his areas....call shy ones at that.

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LOL ya Cross that was an interesting "story" wasn't it? The Nebraska coyote probably weighed 52lbs by the time you got it back to the truck. No one in Nebraska has ever killed a coyote over 50lbs that I have ever heard of. Our local fur buyer Ken Petska has bought literally 100s of thousands of coyotes and he told me personally he never saw one? What's up with that?

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man am i glad i dont live where all you guys do cause if i cant shoot a 50+ lb yote
i mean if all i could shoot was tops 40 that would be bad lol
ill stick to my northern yotes up here
ps iv seen 120 lb yote once...... well after all the lead it took to drop him he was anyway, he prolly started at 45 but with 7 loads of hevishot at 35 yds he tiped the scales lol
 
There might be a 50 pound coyote in Iowa, but I have never seen one. There are color variations in coyotes, which is well known. A lot of our coyotes here have some rusty red color in them, which don't help the price of their fur. I have killed three black coyotes in Iowa, which is simply a natural color variation that nature gives them. I am not a scientist, but I am thinking that all domestic dogs and coyotes will show wolf genes in them. If I ever develop the ability to accurately tell you how much a coyote weighs, by simply looking at it from 1/4 mile away, I will likely keep my mouth shut about it. I did hook a 38&1/4 pound carp one time, but he got away when my line broke. Go ahead and ask me how I knew the weight of that carp. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Any wags on this male double?

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Looks like no one wants to play the guess the weight contest.
 
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I did hook a 38&1/4 pound carp one time, but he got away when my line broke. Go ahead and ask me how I knew the weight of that carp



Mr. Cronk, you old dog! Can't wait to hear this /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Well, Sled old buddy, the carp got within three feet of the bank before I lost him. I did get a good look at his SCALES though. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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Were they digital or balance???? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
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I did get a good look at his SCALES though. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif



uuuuugggggg! Ya got me, "hook line and sinker"! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
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Well, Sled old buddy, the carp got within three feet of the bank before I lost him. I did get a good look at his SCALES though.



Shoulda seen that one comin' Rich. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif

I know a bit about large coyotes, being from the Northeast. But gotta tell ya, doubt they are all coyote. Just too big.

The DNA men say red wolf and coyote mix.

Maybe they are spreadin !!

This "coyote" liked a Cronk howler in February, or was it January. No matter ...... looks huge because of thick coat, but weighed on two scales he was only 53 lbs. Looks can be deceiving when it comes to coyotes.

A 50 pounder is still rare anywhere regardless of what folks say. I'll been lucky enough to call and kill several.

Folks guessed this one has high as 90 lbs. if that helps.

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Of all the coyote I have ever taken only one broke the 50lbs mark... and it was around 52lbs or 53lbs depending on the two scales we used. That was one big male from south of Erie, PA. I think it was February of 2000 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif

In my experience most of the "BIG" coyotes are in the low 40lbs and the high 30lbs mark when put on the scale... as Sleddogg as said the full winter fur is the biggest trouble for people judging coyote's weight. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif Most of the big ones we kill around here are in the low and mid 30lbs mark. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
Sled,
That is a huge coyote my friend. I have never killed a coyote that I thought weighed 50 pounds. If I ever do get a coyote that I believe to be huge, I will have him weighed on a scaled that is known to be accurate. Those spring type scales like I have seen fishermen use, are not that accurate in my opinion.
 
We have a contest here in Western NY and the winner is the heaviest and longest coyote. After hundreds of entries you can see a direct correlation between length and weight. When you see pictures of coyotes being held up the length would most times be indicative of the weight. There are several in the 50's every year and I think last years winner was 60 or 62 lbs. But the vast majority of big coyotes were between 40 and 50 lbs.
 
As McDonald said Central and Western NY coyotes do frequently go over 45 lbs. One at my fur buyers last year was just about 6 feet long tip of nose to tip of tail, Skinned. He was weighted on an accurate scale at 64 lbs.

I know no photos and it is just hear say when I chronicle it here. I did however see it.
 


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