black coyote?

[Elliott]

i saw a dog in a field the other day, seemed to be all black, looked like the size of a coyote, had the bushy tail and all the other characteristics of coyote except the coloring, could it have been hybrid coyote/domestic?

[woodywsu]

where was it at? is fox a possibility, they go through color phases

[Kain]

You can do a google image search for "black coyote".  I have never seen one but they do exist.  Just make sure it is not a dog.

[carpsniperg2]

i have shot one and missed one that was black it was at the same time they all were young dogs there was a pack of 4 one adults and 3 pups 2 of the pups were black with a little brown they were bigger than there mother that was the adult i am thinking it was a german shepard who bred the mother wish i had got a picture i had been seeing them in one of our fields so i went to check one afternoon i came over the hill and 100 yards there they were the ar-15 i shoot is a yote eatin sucker i of course went for the black ones when usally i go for the females first my first shot droped the farthest black one then they scatter and i shot at the other one but it got into the crp and i could not find it again werid lookin yotes for sure

[woodywsu]

any pics?

[PolarBear]

It is possible.  There has been one around my place on and off for several years and I can never get a shot off at it.  Solid black without a single patch of color on it.  I was within 30 yards of it at one time with my rifle sitting on my tractor 50 yards away.  I haven't seen him since summer. 

[carpsniperg2]

no not me i don't have any pics of the one i killed my brother and friend was with me and it was before the time of cell phone cameras or at least for the poor people

[Elliott]

i was on the west side, no pics and no rifle in the car, was in my dads bmw so there would be no way for me to bring it home  i will def keep an eye out for him and have some binos handy just to make sure i dont see a collar and name tag on it either

[littlebuf]

im pretty sure i called one in last year. just got a glimps of it as i turned around. sucker came in directly up wind of me and busted when i moved. im going to the same spot thursday, i'll try and get a nice close up for ya guys

[skynimrod]

Every now and then someone runs into one of them here.

[shoot-em-dead]

Railrob and I were out last year and a black yote ran across the road in front of us. I bailed out and ran over the hill and shot at him but missed.