Identify this critter! Wolf or Coyote?

[awittmer]

Earlier this evening, a few buddies and myself decided to coyote hunt, due to a massive issue with the amounts of them around his property. He showed us trail camera pictures from early in the year and happened to snag this photo of this animal. The picture is extrememly dark but i have added a red line where the top of his back is, and if you look behind the tree, under the block on the tree there is a white spot, which i believe is the backside of his tail. Now, the real question is.... is this a wolf or an extrememly large bodied coyote?Any info helps! thanks!



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[awittmer]

Its nose does not resemble a coyote to me, normally arent coyote's snouts a lot more narrow and their faces alot smaller

 

[patience0830]

Earlier this evening, a few buddies and myself decided to coyote hunt, due to a massive issue with the amounts of them around his property. He showed us trail camera pictures from early in the year and happened to snag this photo of this animal. The picture is extrememly dark but i have added a red line where the top of his back is, and if you look behind the tree, under the block on the tree there is a white spot, which i believe is the backside of his tail. Now, the real question is.... is this a wolf or an extrememly large bodied coyote?Any info helps! thanks!



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Big coyote or someones dog. Hard to tell w/o a ruler in the picture for scale.

 

[windingwinds]

coy-dog? Hard to say without seeing face more clearly.

 

[Smokepole]

coy-dog? Hard to say without seeing face more clearly.

My thought too. Seems a little thick for a coyote.

 

[rkesar]

coy dog or a huge yote

 

[Lonnie]

Earlier this evening, a few buddies and myself decided to coyote hunt, due to a massive issue with the amounts of them around his property. He showed us trail camera pictures from early in the year and happened to snag this photo of this animal. The picture is extrememly dark but i have added a red line where the top of his back is, and if you look behind the tree, under the block on the tree there is a white spot, which i believe is the backside of his tail. Now, the real question is.... is this a wolf or an extrememly large bodied coyote?Any info helps! thanks!



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From this picture it looks to me like your red line it not where the top of the back is at all, you need to drop the red line a bit.

it looks like a large adult coyote or dog

 

[Lonnie]

the other strange thing about the pic is you cant see the back legs , something just doesnt look right

 

[tom1025]

the other strange thing about the pic is you cant see the back legs , something just doesnt look right

That's cuss its only half coyote.

 

[MarlinMan68]

That is a yote for sure.I see several here in SW MI.The ones on my property are huge,I have a large German Shepard and they aren't much smaller than him other than weighing alot less.The tracks they leave are as large as his too.We had a rabbit population explosion here in the past couple years and they started showing up.

 

[newbomb]

Domestic dog, also for the guys saying " coy-dog" do some online research on that topic. A coyote will eat a dog before breeding it.

 

[Yeah]

The red line isn't on the coyote's back and the white spot isn't its tail.

 

[windingwinds]

Coydog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Looks like it's possible to me. Yes coyotes will eat a dog, but they also have bred dogs........I don't think people would be able to use dogs in heat as a attractant for coyotes if they weren't interested.

 

[raggedoutcummins77]

Can't really tell but don't really think it is a coyote keep the reply comeing like to know what it is its would be a cool mount

 

[Titanium Man]

Coyote

 

[awittmer]

Thanks everyone for the responses and especially to Yeah for editing te image. I couldn't figure out how to I was just placing the line based on the image on my phone.

 

[Black_Wolf]

Another rotten Coyote.

 

[ApacheTactical]

Chupacabra

 

[GREEN607]

IMHO, definitely a wolf.

Have your friend return to that exact spot. Look for his trail. If you find tracks exactly like these, you have a wolf in the area.....

On a coyote's tracks, the 'nail' print will almost always be seperated from the pad print, by a small 'blank' space. That is due to them being so much lighter in weight, than a wolf.

 

[Titanium Man]

IMHO, definitely a wolf.

Have your friend return to that exact spot. Look for his trail. If you find tracks exactly like these, you have a wolf in the area.....

On a coyote's tracks, the 'nail' print will almost always be seperated from the pad print, by a small 'blank' space. That is due to them being so much lighter in weight, than a wolf.

Mountain Lion


I've seen some big coyotes roaming through my farm. Some you'd swear were big enough to be wolves. I suppose the possibility is out there, so I guess other people besides us closet biologists would be better qualified.

Note-It is possible for a wolf to travel down this far, and up on my in-laws land in WI, they have seen wolves frequently.