sleddogg
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Hi Fellas,
I just returned from a vacation in Me., and I did a long canoe trip with my father in law. We took out at a New Hampshire Ranger station on the Magalloway river.
They had alot of flyers at the station, on the different wildlife in the region, and here is what was written on Easterns in one of the articles. Don't know how accurate it is, just info I'm passing on, and another theory I suppose.
Historical records show that the European colonists found not only timber wolves in the Northeast, but also another wild dog species which they referred to as a "brush wolf". This Brush Wolf may have been the eastern Coyote.
The Eastern Coyote that lived in New England during the colonial period, may have been forced out by the heavy poisioning going on in this time, as well as the remaining Timber wolves. The Timber Wolf was also eventually poisioned out.
After most of the wolves were killed at the turn of last century, the devastated population of Eastern Coyote, may have started the slow re-population of New England.
Interestingly enough they list the average weight for females at 32 lbs., and males around 38 lbs. They also list top speed as 43 mph. I know they are fast, but this seems quite high, as a deer runs at 38 mph.
I think this is good info, as there is a post on a large coyote, and there is much speculation to how much he weighed. I have shot many in New England, and have never got near 60 lbs. My average male runs between 30 and 40 lbs., with an occasional 45lb maybe every other year. Yup, they look huge. They aren't.
I will tell you though, I weighed in a 52lb. male on a certified scale at a deer checking station for a "biggest Coyote" contest, I thought no one would beat him, but by the end of the year, he was only 4th or 5th place. I don't remember what 1st was, but I think it was 61 or 63.
This 52 lb. 'yote is my personal best, and I have a pic that I emailed around a bit, and I'd be happy to send it out if anyone wants to see it. Just email, or if someone knows how to post I'll mail it to them. He was fun to call, and was not shy about coming in at all!!
They may be a bit bigger out here, but I'd trade that size for the population you guys have out West anyday. Its a long time and alot of stands between dogs out here sometimes !!!! I find its the callin' and shootin' thats the big fun, not the size of the 'yote.
Have a good one! >>>>------> Sleddogg
I just returned from a vacation in Me., and I did a long canoe trip with my father in law. We took out at a New Hampshire Ranger station on the Magalloway river.
They had alot of flyers at the station, on the different wildlife in the region, and here is what was written on Easterns in one of the articles. Don't know how accurate it is, just info I'm passing on, and another theory I suppose.
Historical records show that the European colonists found not only timber wolves in the Northeast, but also another wild dog species which they referred to as a "brush wolf". This Brush Wolf may have been the eastern Coyote.
The Eastern Coyote that lived in New England during the colonial period, may have been forced out by the heavy poisioning going on in this time, as well as the remaining Timber wolves. The Timber Wolf was also eventually poisioned out.
After most of the wolves were killed at the turn of last century, the devastated population of Eastern Coyote, may have started the slow re-population of New England.
Interestingly enough they list the average weight for females at 32 lbs., and males around 38 lbs. They also list top speed as 43 mph. I know they are fast, but this seems quite high, as a deer runs at 38 mph.
I think this is good info, as there is a post on a large coyote, and there is much speculation to how much he weighed. I have shot many in New England, and have never got near 60 lbs. My average male runs between 30 and 40 lbs., with an occasional 45lb maybe every other year. Yup, they look huge. They aren't.
I will tell you though, I weighed in a 52lb. male on a certified scale at a deer checking station for a "biggest Coyote" contest, I thought no one would beat him, but by the end of the year, he was only 4th or 5th place. I don't remember what 1st was, but I think it was 61 or 63.
This 52 lb. 'yote is my personal best, and I have a pic that I emailed around a bit, and I'd be happy to send it out if anyone wants to see it. Just email, or if someone knows how to post I'll mail it to them. He was fun to call, and was not shy about coming in at all!!
They may be a bit bigger out here, but I'd trade that size for the population you guys have out West anyday. Its a long time and alot of stands between dogs out here sometimes !!!! I find its the callin' and shootin' thats the big fun, not the size of the 'yote.
Have a good one! >>>>------> Sleddogg
