104 Pound Coyote

[DRAFTSTUD]

Alrighty, Here is the link to the story and a Picture of what sure as heck looks like a Wolf to me. But DNA says it is a Coyote. John
http://www.kmbc.com/r/26121874/detail.html

 

[Big Fin]

I saw that on the news. 3 year old coyote weighing 104 pounds? Someone might want to re-check that test.

Regardless, if he can grow that big, that fast, he is eating a lot of pets, deer, and other stuff, so probably no need for shedding tears at his demise.

 

[drahthaar]

???????

Screw up at the lab?

Come on, 104 pound coyote? Most of the wolves around here aren't that big.

 

[Goldtip]

I would agree with whats been said above. Either a screw up or cover up at the lab. That coyote has gotta have at least some DNA of a traditionally larger canine.

 

[Oak]

Yeah, looks like a coyote to me.

Wonder what would happen if I shot a coyote that looked like that in Colorado....

 

[cowboy]

We need that labs phone number and address - it could be useful for some of the testing we need done coming out of Mt., Wy., and Idaho

 

[Big O]

Sweet! I saw a goup of 4 yotes in MT a few months back, now I know what to look for, and I thought they were wolves.

 

[Devil Diver Down]

I guess the rounded ears and shorter snout are now typical of coyotes?

Maybe this is Missouri's way of telling the feds: "If you don't want to take responsibility for a problem you're foisting on the states, we (states) won't be too particular in our identification methods."

Big Bad Wolf for sure.

 

[blue devil]

This looks just a little different than our coyotes? Wolf all the way or someone's pet

 

[Big Fin]

We need that labs phone number and address - it could be useful for some of the testing we need done coming out of Mt., Wy., and Idaho

+1, for sure

 

[Lawnboy]

Must of had a thyroid problem. I love those color phased coyotes

 

[danr55]

We have lots of them in Arizona. We call them Coydogs. They are the result of a large dog breeding with a coyote. When I first moved into this house, we have a pack of critters, mostly dogs, but a few coyotes and coydogs mixed in. AZGF came and "removed" them.

 

[arffdog875]

Hey Oak! Saw one of those XL coyotes this fall up on Douglas pass, guess it would have been legal to shoot huh? Only the one I saw was alot darker!

 

[Sytes]

Heh. I remember a true account of this gal...

 

[Oak]

Hey Oak! Saw one of those XL coyotes this fall up on Douglas pass, guess it would have been legal to shoot huh? Only the one I saw was alot darker!

I have heard more than one credible report recently. Much more credible than the High Lonesome biologist.

 

[drahthaar]

I see a money making opportunity, I am going to start my own DNA lab, expert witness at dozens and dozens of trials of hunters whom shot "very large coyotes".

 

[sweetnectar]

Now that's what I like to see.

 

[----]

There's no way a wild wolf wandered that far is there?
Gotta be a cross breed that escaped from someone's yard...

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

now i know what size coyotes i should be lookin for[throphy sized].

 

[nulle]

Most of the GF&P folks I have talked to in my state have told me DNA on these dogs/wolfs is not accurate and no sense wasting your time and money on it. Looks like a hybred of some kind.