crowpopper & GEORGE, here's a pic of a "weighed" 26 lb female. Look @ the other pic of the large male[above] vs, this little female. You should then get a better perspective of size/weight/length, difference.
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc78/moreammo/calledfemale.jpg?t=1220013080
No, I didn't weigh the large male[pic above]. But I know it weighed well over 50 lbs. As I've killed/weighed a 50 lb coyote before. The above male was the largest coyote ever killed by Myself or my Bro.
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As for you, t & a. Your words are empty to me. After you tried in vain to tell me[et anyone else following that thread]...Why coyotes & Red Fox, are "multi-colored". Remember?...."stained coyotes & wild odd colored fur farm Reds" LOL! WOW! A Classic.
Not to mention, you gathering info from DNR sites[to boltster, your opinion]. AS IF....those are the, ALL encompassing/ "total truths" of the World. LOL! Straw Grasper! LOL!
NO 50-lb coyotes in Iowa? Another truth in your little World. LOL! Yeah, right.
I suggest you try & pound sand with a new guy coyote hunter. Who, doesn't have a clue. That way, you will be out standing in your field.
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circa;1971...I killed a 47 lb female[weighed] "Iowa" coyote. This coyote I remarked about in a previous hunt story. Largest female coyote I've ever seen or killed, in central Iowa.
Later, I will post a couple of pics of some large[pushing 50-lbs] IOWA coyote's. You'll get a perspective of how large they were, compared to fenceline posts that are in the pics, as well.
Most female coyotes in my area, run low to mid 30's. Males average, mid to upper 30's. Some in the 40-lb & up class, pushing 50-lbs.