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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: mikemc on October 24, 2010, 03:35:20 PM

Title: Black Coyote
Post by: mikemc on October 24, 2010, 03:35:20 PM: Saw this guy today. First time I have seen a black on before. How many people here have seen them? I am going to go out and try and call him in a few weeks after things settle down.
Mike
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: Houndhunter on October 24, 2010, 03:38:13 PM: i see them every now and again on the east side, never seen one on the west side. kinda weird lookin, not sure if there always 100% yote and got some domestic dog in em
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: Lowedog on October 24, 2010, 03:43:40 PM: That looks like someones German Shepherd. I have never seen one in person. Have seen pics of dead ones though.
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: mikemc on October 24, 2010, 03:49:22 PM: My first thought was German Shepard as he was in field with some cows. They started to chase him out of there field and there was no farmer any were around. He had been running for a LONG time. I am guessing he has been shot at a lot this past week. He stopped just long enough to get this picture and then he was off. He ran under that fence and straight up that hill behind him. I would guess 1500 feet to the top.
MIke
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: 87Ford on October 24, 2010, 03:56:10 PM: That looks very much like a German sheperd to me.
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on October 24, 2010, 04:04:05 PM: Way to big to be a coyote, really looks like a black shepherd to me
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on October 24, 2010, 04:08:51 PM: His head and ears are way to big to be a coyote. Too squarish of a face and his ears look too big. He looks out of purportion. His tail also looks the same way. :twocents:
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: dirty24d on October 24, 2010, 04:14:21 PM: check his turds.. if its full of hair and or apples shoot it because its most likely a wild dog or crossbreed. but maybe try checking missing dog posters and calling him like you would a normal dog first.
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: Gutpile on October 24, 2010, 04:23:02 PM: Quote from: mikemc on October 24, 2010, 03:35:20 PM
Saw this guy today. First time I have seen a black on before. How many people here have seen them? I am going to go out and try and call him in a few weeks after things settle down.
Mike

Thats a dog. Coyotes tails hang straight. No curl. It's also too tall, chest waaaayyyyy to big, legs too long. ears too big. Its a doggy.
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: Ironhead on October 24, 2010, 04:40:57 PM: Is that a Black Shepard or a Bobcat :P
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Post by: Jellymon on October 24, 2010, 04:42:07 PM: Dont shoot! not a yote. Waist too small, chest too big and all the other points people have made.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 24, 2010, 04:57:29 PM: Definitely NOT a coyote. I have had a couple black coyotes in my shop.
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Post by: GEARHEAD on October 24, 2010, 05:26:44 PM: lol, thats a Dog.
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Post by: ICEMAN on October 24, 2010, 05:33:34 PM: Chupacabra? :dunno:
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: mikemc on October 24, 2010, 05:37:56 PM: It must be a wild dog because there has been a few people in the area that have seen this animal running with a pack of coyotes. So it could be a wild dog. They way it was acting and running sure looked like a coyote to me.
Mike
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: Wile E. Hunter on October 24, 2010, 05:38:56 PM: Not a coyote. I drew down on what I thought was a coyote in the last big winter we had. It was snowing REALLY HARD sideways, but when I had him all lined up (425 out), I pulled off. Something wasn't right. His ears were just a little too pointy, and his tail wasn't held quite right. Glad I did, I headed down to him, and as i got closer, I realized he had a leather collar on. I whistled him in and did some investigation and got him back to his house. German Shephard. I'd have felt horrible if I'd off'd him.

P.S. German Shephard owners... keep your dogs inside during snowstorms in the cattle country of the Palouse. I had taken up about 8 of the 10 ounces my trigger needed to send Sparky to the big doghouse in the sky.

Wile E.
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: Blacktail Sniper on October 25, 2010, 04:56:46 AM: Hi, Did a little image adjusting on your picture and looks like a German Shepard. But could be a wild/feral one based on its actions. Hope this helps.
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: sivart33 on October 25, 2010, 06:30:04 AM: also the yotes are not "packing up" yet this yea anyhow. so i dont know if they are talking about another year which could be another dog, does not look like a yote
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: Bigswedegml on October 25, 2010, 11:24:45 AM: Definately a black german shepard. good looking dog, I have always wanted one of them
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: boneaddict on October 25, 2010, 11:28:31 AM: def NOT a purebred coyote. Might have a little in him. Interesting. I have seen two black coyotes. One a couple years in a row by my house. Smart bugger as he managed to not get killed.
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Post by: ducks55 on October 25, 2010, 12:19:42 PM: WOLF!!!!!! :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: bighorns2bushytails on October 25, 2010, 08:46:04 PM: Quote from: Gutpile on October 24, 2010, 04:23:02 PM
Quote from: mikemc on October 24, 2010, 03:35:20 PM
Saw this guy today. First time I have seen a black on before. How many people here have seen them? I am going to go out and try and call him in a few weeks after things settle down.
Mike

Thats a dog. Coyotes tails hang straight. No curl. It's also too tall, chest waaaayyyyy to big, legs too long. ears too big. Its a doggy.

:yeah: im with GP, curved tail, ears, and size make me think ferral dog or coy-dog.

--bh2bt
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: Decker on October 25, 2010, 11:53:35 PM: I hunted the same black coyote three winters in a row, smartest dang animal I have ever went up against. He would hide under fence corners (that were dark railroad ties) as he blended in. And while his two counterparts would lay out in the open on the snow, he ALWAYS laid up on a dark rock. Spotted him several times on public land over three years and while I could have killed his packmates, the closest shot I ever got would have been around 750 yards. I have killed dogs out to 600, but wasn't willing to push him out of the area, too rare of a trophy, in my book. Didn't see him last February, hope he's still around, although I doubt it.
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: PolarBear on October 26, 2010, 12:31:03 AM: House cat!
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: uplandhunter870 on October 26, 2010, 11:27:18 PM: looks alot like a german shepard and a hen pheasant to the right of the dog to me
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: hoosier85 on October 27, 2010, 02:06:45 AM: lol looks like my shepard!! yea i would not shoot that pup, my dogs come to my calls too.
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: rasbo on October 27, 2010, 04:34:00 AM: not an odor hound,,but if hes chasing the stock I would treat him like one
Title: Re: Black Coyote
Post by: BlackRidge on October 27, 2010, 01:21:06 PM: Quote from: 87Ford on October 24, 2010, 03:56:10 PM
That looks very much like a German sheperd to me.

:twocents:

I'm thinking farmers dog, or stray