Wolf or Coyote?

  • sliderfishn
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 5432
    September 29, 2008 at 3:00 am #714446

    Glad to see things have not changed

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    September 29, 2008 at 4:29 am #714460

    Hell, I’ve climbed a few rungs on the ladder.

    blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    September 29, 2008 at 11:09 am #714470

    My results were spot-on.

    Jon Stevens
    Northfield, Wi
    Posts: 1242
    October 9, 2012 at 4:19 pm #207528

    I know there are black Coyotes in Wisconsin but I have never seen one in northern Wisconsin. What do you think it is? It doesn’t really look that big to me. Is it a young wolf?

    vikefanmn77
    Northfield,MN
    Posts: 1493
    October 9, 2012 at 4:47 pm #124627

    Posture certainly screams wolf to me.

    mbenson
    Minocqua, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3842
    October 9, 2012 at 4:48 pm #124628

    Jon:

    Not the best angle to determine, but I am going with wolf… I had a dark one on my cams in 2010 baiting bear. Not sure if it was black or dark brown, but it was male as it was caught marking the area once…

    Mark

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13784
    October 9, 2012 at 5:23 pm #124630

    vikefanmn77 posted the exact thought that came to mind. However, would really need to see a profile of its head to tell. Regardless, cool looking pelt!

    Jon Stevens
    Northfield, Wi
    Posts: 1242
    October 9, 2012 at 5:42 pm #124632

    Seeing how my dad has a wolf tag he is pumped either way. The steel will be in the ground soon!

    johnee
    Posts: 731
    October 9, 2012 at 5:49 pm #124634

    Coyote is my thought.

    Look at the proportion of the length of the front leg, then compare that to the distance from the bottom of the shoulder to the top of the back.

    On a wolf, the leg length will be nearer 2x this distance from the bottom to top of shoulder. Wolves have much longer legs.

    Grouse

    willy_d
    Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada
    Posts: 97
    October 9, 2012 at 7:13 pm #124640

    Young Wolf looking at the length of legs and body

    qdm4life
    Albertville, MN
    Posts: 956
    October 10, 2012 at 1:24 am #124656

    I dont see many wolves on cam/ any! But that thing doesnt look like a yote to me and I see TONS of yote pics per month!

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    October 10, 2012 at 5:28 pm #124682

    My vote is for a yound wolf. Either way, he’ll make one heck of a pelt. Good luck!

    stillakid2
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 4603
    October 10, 2012 at 6:34 pm #124687

    Given the rarity of black coyotes, I’d have to say young wolf. Let us know when you get it!

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