is this big?
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From: TonyL
22-Nov-18
it’s pretty uncommon to see coyotes in my neck of the woods, is this big for a coyote? he looks pretty big to me. if I get a chance, I want to shoot him and have him mounted.
From: Adventurewriter
22-Nov-18
thats a big one
From: Southern draw
22-Nov-18
Looks very big. Good luck hope you kill him.
From: Zbone
22-Nov-18
Yep, typical Ohio eastern coyote... (Coywolf actually)… Yeah, they're big...
From: Treeline
22-Nov-18
I’d be hunting that one!
From: HighLife
22-Nov-18
Ohooo Pat you didn't lol
From: Panther Bone
22-Nov-18
Lol, Pat It is fitting that the creator of Bowsite probably is also the greatest hater of coyotes here.
That’s a big dog. I’d shoot it, just like every single one I get a glimpse of.
From: TonyL
22-Nov-18
awesome, that’s what I wanted to hear. i have lots of pictures of him, he’s around quite a bit
From: Zbone
22-Nov-18
Dang Pat, would have kept one as a pet... About the right age... Would have been curious to see how that worked out...
TonyL - If there's one, you can bet there's more than one around...
From: GF
22-Nov-18
“awesome, that’s what I wanted to hear. ”
So..... You wouldn’t be interested in taking it if somebody told you it wasn’t a “big” one??
It’s your decision, bud… Nobody else’s opinion matters, does it?
From: Alexis Desjardins
22-Nov-18
The face looks like wolf, never heard of coy wolf before that’s coyote wolf cross I guess. Looks like a good hid on him he will make a great mount good luck. Ps set a couple snares where he passes they always pass back on there trail sooner or later.
From: Zbone
22-Nov-18
Zbone's Link
Alexis - Yeah, DNA testing confirms most "Eastern" coyotes have a percentage of wolf in them... See link "Meet the Coywolf"...
https://www.pbs.org/video/nature-meet-coywolf/
From: TonyL
22-Nov-18
Make no mistake about it, I will shoot any coyote that comes around me. I was more questioning if that was a nice one because I would like to get it mounted if I shoot it. I don’t want to mount a dink
From: Buffalo1
22-Nov-18
I'd give him another year ! I don't think he is 4 1/2 yet.
From: molsonarcher
22-Nov-18
While you are waiting to shoot him, get some traps set for him. Much better odds of connecting, and traps work 24/7, when you only hunt in the daylight. As a few others have said, they are all big enough. No matter how you take him, it will be a success.
From: Zim
22-Nov-18
Yes, he’s a good sized one
From: Alexis Desjardins
22-Nov-18
Zbone that’s something that they crossed,
From: Zbone
22-Nov-18
A lobo is a lobo, just different sizes...8^)
From: Franklin
22-Nov-18
Eastern yotes are generally the biggest because of their distant relationship with Wolf. If you compare a Eastern yote to a Western yote they are night and day in body size.
From: Lee
23-Nov-18
Looks like a wolf
From: Smtn10PT
23-Nov-18
I would say its an average size eastern coyote, cant really see the tail, possibly mange? I'd guess that on is AT LEAST 1/1024th wolf
From: cnelk
23-Nov-18
""Eastern yotes are generally the biggest because of their distant relationship with Wolf. If you compare a Eastern yote to a Western yote they are night and day in body size.""
Ive shot some western coyotes that put eastern coyotes to shame
From: cnelk
23-Nov-18
From: Zbone
23-Nov-18
cnelk - Them are just pups around here...8^)
From: cnelk
23-Nov-18
But you dont have the view :>)
From: midwest
23-Nov-18
...or the fur quality. Dang, Brad, when I retire, we're going to go slay some coyotes!
From: PSUArcher
23-Nov-18
Here is an eastern “coywolf” my brother shot a few years ago. The carcass(body minus the hide and skull) weighed 52 pounds). This was shot in western PA
From: APauls
23-Nov-18
PSU that's not a good comparison because your deer down there are like jackrabbits ;)
Doesn't matter what I'm hunting, when I see a coyote, it turns into a coyote hunt! Mind you it's almost the same with chickens with me lol.
From: Kodiak
23-Nov-18
The yote in the OP could be 25# or 50#... tough to tell without something in the pic to give it some scale.
Coyotes ain't all bad, it's a great winter sport. Whackem stackem.
From: Zbone
23-Nov-18
PSUArcher - I seen one this spring that looked almost like that in NE Ohio except it was a darker brown about the color of a chocolate lab... Was on the road in broad daylight and almost past it from about 50 yards away... I was like OMG, that's a wolf... Continued up the road, turned around for a better look, pulled off side of road and the SOB just stood there staring... He wanted to cross the road... Anyhow, he give me time to grab binocs and finally, turned around and bounded away in that typical coyote bouncy gate... They're freakn huge around here the size of small German Shepards...
From: TonyL
23-Nov-18
those are impressive dogs. i didn’t realize they got that big. I was under the impression they were 30-35lb animals
From: RJ Hunt
24-Nov-18
You guys are great. I just filled my last deer tag (he is aging in the garage on the hook) and pulled out the 223 and counted how many rounds I got loaded up. Now begins predator control. I shoot every predator I legally can. All bets are off when comes to coyotes. I even put the bow away for those. They get a 60 grain v max. Got me excited just thinking about it.
From: Jaquomo
24-Nov-18
From: cnelk
24-Nov-18
A good day in the high country
From: Cheesehead Mike
28-Nov-18
Those things are tiny compared to our Wisconsin coyotes!
From: Zim
28-Nov-18
Jaquomo, I laughed out loud at your picture. Calling 911 over a coyote...christ, society has grown soft
From: Brotsky
28-Nov-18
They need to shoot 5-600 more of those WI "coyotes" Mike!
From: TrapperKayak
28-Nov-18
No views? "over my dead cow" we don't have views... ;P That dog is big, and has a nice tannable coat.
