Coyote or gray fox?

  • TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11646
    January 1, 2021 at 1:31 pm #2002232

    What do you think? Coyote or a gray fox?

    Grouse

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    gimruis
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 17420
    January 1, 2021 at 2:08 pm #2002237

    My vote is yote too

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18623
    January 1, 2021 at 2:16 pm #2002240

    Yote vote.

    Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10430
    January 1, 2021 at 2:20 pm #2002241

    Yeah, I’m thinking Coyote.
    The inside of the legs are white-ish, they would be darker if it were a Grey Fox. IMHO

    Gino
    Grand rapids mn
    Posts: 1212
    January 1, 2021 at 6:52 pm #2002304

    Coyote

    chuck100
    Platteville,Wi.
    Posts: 2629
    January 1, 2021 at 7:32 pm #2002311

    Neighbors dog.

    robby
    Quad Cities
    Posts: 2823
    January 1, 2021 at 9:29 pm #2002348

    Yote. Well maybe Green Sunfish. lol. Seriously though, Yote.

    Pailofperch
    Central Mn North of the smiley water tower
    Posts: 2918
    January 1, 2021 at 9:55 pm #2002354

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    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11646
    January 4, 2021 at 11:02 am #2002867

    Now that I’m looking at the pic on my computer, I think you guys are right, it’s a coyote. Clearly, it’s too heavy in the middle to be a fox.

    Just kind of wishful thinking as well. I wish I had some fox. I’ve got coyotes and bobcats but the last fox I saw in this area (my hunting farm) was in the 1980s. I think the coyotes and now the wolves have driven them all out.

    Grouse

    gimruis
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 17420
    January 4, 2021 at 11:37 am #2002879
    TheFamousGrouse wrote:

    I think the coyotes and now the wolves have driven them all out.

    Some areas inhabited by wolves now have increased populations of fox. Wolves chase out coyotes and coyotes chase out fox. But wolves do not chase out fox. There have been a number of studies about this dynamic in recent years. So the enemy of your enemy is now your friend, if you are a fox.

    Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10430
    January 4, 2021 at 11:43 am #2002884
    gimruis wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>TheFamousGrouse wrote:</div>
    I think the coyotes and now the wolves have driven them all out.

    Some areas inhabited by wolves now have increased populations of fox. Wolves chase out coyotes and coyotes chase out fox. But wolves do not chase out fox. There have been a number of studies about this dynamic in recent years. So the enemy of your enemy is now your friend, if you are a fox.

    Interesting. We have a bunch of Red Fox at the cabin, see them all the time.
    When my wife goes on a walk they will walk parallel to her in the woods about 20′ or so.

    LabDaddy1
    Posts: 2446
    January 5, 2021 at 3:21 pm #2003397

    Green sunfish….

    Yote is my opinion

    LabDaddy1
    Posts: 2446
    January 5, 2021 at 3:22 pm #2003398

    Dammit robby- I see now that you beat me to that very original joke

    LabDaddy1
    Posts: 2446
    January 5, 2021 at 3:28 pm #2003399
    gimruis wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>TheFamousGrouse wrote:</div>
    I think the coyotes and now the wolves have driven them all out.

    Some areas inhabited by wolves now have increased populations of fox. Wolves chase out coyotes and coyotes chase out fox. But wolves do not chase out fox. There have been a number of studies about this dynamic in recent years. So the enemy of your enemy is now your friend, if you are a fox.

    I also have heard this. And it makes sense. Wolves and fox don’t share as many of the same prey species and wolves and coyotes. Foxes eat almost all small to very small prey. They may share rabbits as prey but probably not much more than that.

    Brad Dimond
    Posts: 1462
    January 5, 2021 at 4:02 pm #2003416

    We are seeing more fox in St. Louis County over time. Haven’t seen a coyote there for years but certainly have a lot of wolves around.

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