Wolves or Coyotes?

  • CaptainMusky
    Posts: 22785
    February 13, 2017 at 1:42 pm #1673686

    Looks like young wolves to me. There was a video of one in Rice, MN just a week ago. Seemed to be of similar size to the ones in your videos.

    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    February 13, 2017 at 1:55 pm #1673690

    The first one looks a lot like wolves, then I looked the next 2 and questioned that. If I had to guess I’d say wolves.

    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
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    February 13, 2017 at 1:59 pm #1673691

    Wolves.

    youngfry
    Northeast Iowa
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    February 13, 2017 at 2:08 pm #1673695

    I’d say wolves for sure

    icenutz
    Aniwa, WI
    Posts: 2540
    February 13, 2017 at 2:10 pm #1673697
    sticker wrote:

    The first one looks a lot like wolves, then I looked the next 2 and questioned that. If I had to guess I’d say wolves.

    I was thinking the same thing, the first video looks like wolves.

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11640
    February 13, 2017 at 3:00 pm #1673716

    They are almost certainly wolves IMO. I look at several things and in this video they all add up to say wolves.

    1. Look at the length of the legs relative to the height of the body from the bottom of the belly to the top of the shoulder. Wolves have much longer legs than coyotes and in most cases their leg length will appear to be 2x the distance or more from the top of the shoulder to the bottom. On a coyote, it appears to be a little more than 1x this distance.

    2. Look at the mass of the head and the thickness of the skull and the snout. Coyotes have more of a pointed nose and a thinner skull when measured across the top by the ears.

    With these 2 things in mind, I believe these are wolves. As has been mentioned they could well be young ones, but I think you’ve got wolves here.

    Grouse

    Grant N
    Posts: 13
    March 27, 2017 at 8:22 pm #1684398

    Have continued to get these wolves on trail cam for the past 2 months. Was also told by the DNR that this video below is also a timber wolf. To me, it looks an awful lot like a coyote but according to them it’s not. What do you guys think?

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    Walleyestudent Andy Cox
    Garrison MN-Mille Lacs
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    March 27, 2017 at 8:45 pm #1684409

    I think you should check in on grandma…!

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    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    March 30, 2017 at 8:56 am #1685204

    Legs are too long for a yote, that is a young wolf

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13475
    March 30, 2017 at 9:05 am #1685205
    sticker wrote:

    Legs are too long for a yote, that is a young wolf

    ABSOLUTELY CORRECT

    For comparison, here are pics of a very large coyote. Not the biggest I have ever taken, but was well into the 40#+. Look how short and skinny the legs are compared to the wolves in the videos. Also, the head is more “streamline” compared to the “Box” head of a wolf

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