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Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on January 16, 2014, 06:38 PM:

Coydog?

Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on January 16, 2014, 06:40 PM:

This was trapped in northern New Jersey. If the pictures don't take I will refresh them tomorrow.

Thanks for looking.

Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on January 16, 2014, 07:02 PM:

Ugly coyote to me.

Posted by CrossJ (Member # 884) on January 16, 2014, 07:49 PM:

Yep.

Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on January 17, 2014, 04:48 AM:

I'd say a big coyote.

Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on January 17, 2014, 05:05 AM:

yep, thats a regular ol' eastern coyote...

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on January 17, 2014, 08:29 AM:

Agreed. I don't see any dog in that one. Just an interesting color variation, but all the features look pure coyote, to me. And, I've seen a coydog. That ain't one.

Good hunting. El Bee

Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on January 17, 2014, 08:37 AM:

Chupacabra.

[Eek!]

Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on January 17, 2014, 09:42 AM:

that's a Mossy Oak Breakup edition coyote, with mangey tail and rubbed shoulder optional accessories!

Posted by Fur_n_Dirt (Member # 4467) on January 17, 2014, 10:32 AM:

Wall hanger for sure......

Posted by TundraWookie (Member # 1044) on January 17, 2014, 11:46 AM:

Could be part rat...what's up with that thin tail?

Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on January 17, 2014, 12:20 PM:

Yeah...I thought the head and tail looked a little uncoyote like. My son in law knows the guy who trapped it. He said it was a coydog but I wasn't sure.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on January 17, 2014, 12:22 PM:

But, it's not.

Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on January 17, 2014, 12:38 PM:

Received. Thanks for the info..

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on January 17, 2014, 03:00 PM:

You know, once you get familiar with coyotes, rather than they are all the same, you can see subtle differences. A coyote with black guard hairs on the shoulders is just enough different to notice. As is a silver, they are a uniform light gray and you notice them coming in. Especially dark ones you might think are "black" until you get them on the ground.

So, even in blocky male heads, and red coyotes. I killed a coyote down in the Sahuaros one time that I thought for sure was a red fox, but wasn't.

I don't know how many coyotes you have looked at up close, but after many thousands, I don't have much trouble identifying a coyote. On the other hand, I have seen, (killed, actually) a couple that I knew right away they were different. And previously I was one that swore they didn't exist. But, in these, there was something way different. I should have my ass kicked that I didn't get pictures of either one.

But, when you see one, you will know.

Good hunting El Bee

Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on January 17, 2014, 03:57 PM:

Good point, Leonard.

I have seen just a few here in New Jersey up close. Some of them were alive, and some dead. I've never seen one with a head like that! It kind of looks like my dog's head, actually, though he has a longer snout. The coloration of the above looks more like the coyote I shot in Texas years ago.

There is a color here in north Jersey...a light red, much lighter than that of a fox, and it's consistent over the entire body except for the belly fur I think.

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