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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: browney5er on February 08, 2014, 01:42:31 PM

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Post by: browney5er on February 08, 2014, 01:42:31 PM: I just picked up my trail cam today and here are some pictures that caught my eye. By the way this is unit 407.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on February 08, 2014, 02:06:30 PM: how close is this to human population, they are NOT coyotes.
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Post by: singleshot12 on February 08, 2014, 02:14:21 PM: They are the new genetic coyote-wolf hybrids being released in certain areas to control deer populations :dunno:. I saw one the other day near 407 and that Damn thing was 60-70 lbs. and wasn't afraid of nothing. No wonder the deer left :bash:
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Post by: notellumcreek on February 08, 2014, 02:17:30 PM: looks like a wolf to me
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on February 08, 2014, 02:19:50 PM: Quote from: singleshot12 on February 08, 2014, 02:14:21 PM
They are the new genetic coyote-wolf hybrids being released in certain areas to control deer populations :dunno:. I saw one the other day near 407 and that Damn thing was 60-70 lbs. and wasn't afraid of nothing. No wonder the deer left :bash:

i didn't know BT's were overpopulating? :dunno: If anything we are low in numbers in all north sound units! :bash:

I wondeer if they are the native timber wolf that have been around the border area for some time?
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Post by: stevemiller on February 08, 2014, 02:20:37 PM: :bumpin:
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Post by: singleshot12 on February 08, 2014, 02:42:14 PM: Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on February 08, 2014, 02:19:50 PM
Quote from: singleshot12 on February 08, 2014, 02:14:21 PM
They are the new genetic coyote-wolf hybrids being released in certain areas to control deer populations :dunno:. I saw one the other day near 407 and that Damn thing was 60-70 lbs. and wasn't afraid of nothing. No wonder the deer left :bash:

i didn't know BT's were overpopulating? :dunno: If anything we are low in numbers in all north sound units! :bash:

I wondeer if they are the native timber wolf that have been around the border area for some time?

The BT's are over-populating in the No Hunting zones or green belts and even some of the islands
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Post by: snowpack on February 08, 2014, 02:56:29 PM: Are wolves and yotes becoming friends now? :dunno:
The one in those pics looks to have a wolfish look to it, but the other kind of has a yote look. :dunno:
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Post by: link on February 08, 2014, 04:58:10 PM: Looks like coyotes to me. The only thing that is odd/different is the markings/color of the dark one. Other than that, it looks just like a coyote. Narrow snout, larger ears etc. I suppose it could be a hybrid with a dog. Shepherd or something like that.
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Post by: brush hunter on February 08, 2014, 05:05:29 PM: I seen something on TV the other where coyotes and wolves are breeding with each other.
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Post by: brush hunter on February 08, 2014, 05:10:35 PM: Quote from: brush hunter on February 08, 2014, 05:05:29 PM
I seen something on TV the other where coyotes and wolves are breeding with each other.

http://www.livescience.com/39184-what-is-a-coywolf.html (http://www.livescience.com/39184-what-is-a-coywolf.html)
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Post by: dfresh96 on February 08, 2014, 06:07:19 PM: thanks for sharing...
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Post by: Jonathan_S on February 08, 2014, 06:17:50 PM: Coyote. Look at the ears and how slim the snouts are.
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Post by: browney5er on February 08, 2014, 07:22:51 PM: I agree they look like coyotes, I've just never seen a coyote that color.
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Post by: carver52 on February 08, 2014, 08:02:23 PM: Maybe those two have some domestic dog in there genetic background. That could account for appearing larger and having different colorations. Saw that many times in Louisiana.
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Post by: bucksnort on February 08, 2014, 08:03:06 PM: Targets of opportunity!!!
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Post by: bearpaw on February 08, 2014, 09:11:57 PM: I think the nose is too narrow, ears too long, body too petite, definitely not a wolf. Looks like a coyote, maybe a coyote crossed with dog.
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Post by: Birddogman on February 09, 2014, 04:50:52 PM: Coyotes! Not sue how you could see a wolf in those photos. Nice pelts, I would go a shoot them if I were you.
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Post by: Houndhunter on February 09, 2014, 05:11:24 PM: I don't think it's a yote, at least not pure blood. Has to be a cross with some domestic dog
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Post by: jgoetz on February 09, 2014, 10:18:34 PM: I see all coyote. Interesting coat on them but every other feature is a dead give away for a yote.
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Post by: kodiak 907 on February 21, 2014, 10:07:27 AM: The darker one looks like a coydog to me. Not a wolf IMHO. Might be a darker color phase coyote. I read an article in Predator Master Magazine about coyotes in areas with lots of prey animals having several different color phases.
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Post by: deaner on February 21, 2014, 10:09:25 AM: coyote and coydog
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Post by: AspenBud on February 21, 2014, 10:22:39 AM: Does tricolor even exist in wild canines? I'd say coyotes and a coydog.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=147082.0;attach=296176;image)
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Post by: Birdguy on February 23, 2014, 12:27:03 PM: Interesting looking for sure. They should all be eliminated before we have another protected predator in our state. They may have to shut down hunting for miles around until they can be studied and determined what they really are :dunno:. I would think 15 years of closure ought to give them enough time to get the study started :bdid:. Adding $10 to each license sold will help fund it :bash: :bash: :bash:
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Post by: Expedition Scout on February 23, 2014, 06:34:46 PM: Looks like a Coy-dog to me. I used to have a Coyote mixed with a Shepard that looked just like the one in the foreground. A coyote body, face, tail and behavior with German Shepard coloring.
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Post by: MLCoug on February 23, 2014, 08:29:23 PM: Definitely coyotes.....
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Post by: mulehunter on February 23, 2014, 08:45:58 PM: :yeah:
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Post by: bearpaw on February 24, 2014, 07:54:29 AM: Quote from: Expedition Scout on February 23, 2014, 06:34:46 PM
Looks like a Coy-dog to me. I used to have a Coyote mixed with a Shepard that looked just like the one in the foreground. A coyote body, face, tail and behavior with German Shepard coloring.

You may be right, it does have that look!
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Post by: wence5 on February 27, 2014, 03:38:52 PM: Watched a special on PBS the other night about a hybrid k-9 called a Coywolf, found in the NE. These two look a lot like what they showed the other night on that special. :dunno:
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Post by: turkeyfeather on February 27, 2014, 03:49:48 PM: Markings look more malamute ish to me.