The coyote is a survivor

I had just sat down to begin calling when I saw movement to my right, and it was a coyote up and trotting straight away from me, at about 150yds. I normally don't shoot at running coyotes, but he was straight away and level to me, so I shot and killed him.

He had 4 legs, but one foot was severed at the first joint and had healed over. He had one broken canine and two canines were stubs, but he looked very well fed.

I suspect he was going to lay low and let me keep walking, but when I sat down, he decided that he needed to be elsewhere.

The one posted by HM1996, missing his lower jaw and tongue, wow!
 
I’ve seen some with so much mange I truly wondered how they made it through the winter. One in particular barely had a hair on its body. It was unbelievable.
 
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