This big yote was an honest 58 pounds on a hanging scale ,or close,the road kills were used as comparison,that deer is in the 70 plus pound range. The diminutive 22 Hornet zapped him drt at
110 yards,tail didn't even twitch,big eastern yote.
Want to see the scale on that!Did you weigh it?.
Nice and informative article,our ODNR made a similar comparison,seems Canadian timber wolves migrated across Lake Erie when frozen into Ohio ,PA,and crossed with coyotes resulting now in Eastern brush wolves.Many are now in the 40# to 50# range.Here in Maine the coyotes are much larger than south of us. Large adult coyotes are the size of pictured coyote in this post. Its why they were nicknamed brush wolves when they first came into state from Canada in the eighties. They are death on deer when it crusts in winter, a pack will clear out or kill most deer in their territory during winter. They are also hard on fawns in spring also. Our biologists have mantained since 2017 they have been crossing with wolves and exhibit DNA of wolves and coyotes and are increasing in weight as well. They estimate that 1 out of every 200 adult males are 50 # or heavier now. View attachment 185995View attachment 185996
Did you weigh it?.
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Absolutely that's why i made the side by side comparison.
I live in WV and growing up in the seventies and mid eighties we never even heard of coyotes in our state but since the later eighties until present the coyotes have taken over and to honest a 50# coyote around where I live is probably on the smaller side. I see Many pictures of coyotes that are way bigger than the ones out west on the tv hunting shows. They do not like to come to calls nearly as readily as shown on tv either. They tend to slink around in the brushy areas and usually only come out after dark. I have dozens of game camera pictures at night and very few in the daytime.Nice and informative article,our ODNR made a similar comparison,seems Canadian timber wolves migrated across Lake Erie when frozen into Ohio ,PA,and crossed with coyotes resulting now in Eastern brush wolves.Many are now in the 40# to 50# range.