Game Identification Challenge - Poll for Voting

[LouisianaHunter]

Hahahaa.....love those last two pics....reminds me of my kid on a elk hunt a year ago. "Hey dad I saw a black coyote today, really cool first one I have ever seen". Me....Yeah you didn't see a coyote dip**** you just missed an opportunity to kill a wolf.

A buddy of mine killed a black coyote here in La. a couple of weeks ago.
Our coyotes here in the south tend to be thin and mangy. I saw one up in Montana that was big and had a gorgeous coat.

 

[PatriotHenry]

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#1 Small to average Coyote #2 Big Coyote

 

[338 dude]

I've never heard of wolves in Tennessee? Or at least gray's/timber's like we have up here.

I've heard stories of red wolves in Tennessee but I've never seen one

 

[308 holes]

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I'm a say wolf

 

[RYEWSKY25284]

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1st Picture

2nd Picture

#1 Red Fox, #2 Timber Wolf

 

[will1588]

That photo was taken in southern middle Tennessee

I would guess that is a younger wolf in my opinion. The fur is quite dark for a coyote but it's been a long time since I've seen an Eastern coyote.

 

[brant89]

Hahahaa.....love those last two pics....reminds me of my kid on a elk hunt a year ago. "Hey dad I saw a black coyote today, really cool first one I have ever seen". Me....Yeah you didn't see a coyote dip**** you just missed an opportunity to kill a wolf.

Maybe not, I missed an opportunity on a melanistic coyote two years ago here in southern Michigan. Got a great look at him through the spotting scope and it was 1000% a coyote.

 

[sndmn11]

I've heard stories of red wolves in Tennessee but I've never seen one

Coydog, I don't think that is any part wolf.

 

[Dean2]

I find it interesting that even after posting the answer and clear pictures that prove the answer there are still people that think the second picture is a Coyote. Tells you just how hard it is to identify animals in pictures. Even in real life it isn't as easy as many think it is.

 

[Roughrice]

A buddy of mine killed a black coyote here in La. a couple of weeks ago.
Our coyotes here in the south tend to be thin and mangy. I saw one up in Montana that was big and had a gorgeous coat.

I've seen a large bodied black one running with a couple of standard coyotes down here in Louisiana once.
Never got a shot on it. It may have been a cross-breed... if there's such. It's body and tail coat was thicker than the others and very, very dark which appeared black.