what critter is this?

[excess650]

click on the photo to enlarge

 

[Wes/Tex]

Either a wold or wolf/dog mix. Patchy colored coats aren't uncommon on either.

 

[Katahdin]

Eastern Coyote,,they are all over Maine, the are bigger than the Western coyote,cross bread of wolf and Coyote.Proven through DNA test, University of Maine, Orono campus.Kill everyone you see.Don't miss,they learn very quick and get crafty.

 

[Ames]

And the pelts wont bring a dime compared to the silver colored westerns.

 

[gsday]

That's what coyotes look like in northern PA.

 

[excess650]

That photo was taken in southern Virginia, and halfway between where the Red Wolf was reintroduced in NE North Carolina and where the Gray wolf was reintroduced in western Virginia starting in 2003.
http://www.vlrc.org/articles/42.html

I've had plenty of photos of what I would call an Eastern Coyote, but none were this big or wolf like.

 

[rushlake1]

Yote wolf cross???

Have Seen bigger wolfs but of the Canadian variety.

are they protected? there?

 

[Katahdin]

Males can exceed 45 lbs and females 30-35 lbs here in Maine. if you google Coyote in Maine there is a good write up on this.

 

[excess650]

"Coyotes" are not protected in Virginia.

The Gray Wolf is listed on the VDGIF site, but the range map is dated to the year they were reintroduced (2003). http://www.vlrc.org/articles/42.html

The Red Wolf is only mentioned in comparison to the Gray Wolf and coyote despite the reintroduced population in neighboring North Carolina.

Of note, the "Eastern Wolf" http://www.livescience.com/25043-eastern-wolves-separate-species.html

 

[S.Kenton]

Looks like a hybrid wolf to me...possibly crossbred with a yote, or possibly a wild dog.

 

[Silky921]

My guess is coywolf, maybe coydog, or most likely a poodle on steroids.

 

[Dave Marsh]

I would say the Eastern cross between wolves and coyotes. Wolves from Canada breeding with coyotes from the US on the east coast. Watched a documentary on them a few weeks ago. Very interesting.

Nice picture from that Moultrie trailcam. Have you had good luck with them? I have several of the Primos and not overjoyed. Had 6 and now down to 3 as longevity is not good.

Dave

 

[nwtradegun]

there are no more full blood red wolfs. coyote has inter breed them out of excitent in the wild. cross breed or coyo- dog. either way they need to be eratacated. at least in ga. ga. now has special seasons the get ride of them

 

[Spikebuck]

Eastern Coyote,,they are all over Maine, the are bigger than the Western coyote,cross bread of wolf and Coyote.Proven through DNA test, University of Maine, Orono campus.Kill everyone you see.Don't miss,they learn very quick and get crafty.

I agree. Eastern coyotes can get very large. It has the head/face of a coyote. Same kind in SE MN.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

snout looks too "box-y" to be all wild. We had some monster coy dogs around here in years gone by. Remember the WCO got one one winter that weighed closed to 70 pounds. Looked part mastiff.

 

[excess650]

That particular Moultrie is 5 years old and has been very good. I have an M80 blackflash as well, but its images aren't as clear.

I have one Primos, a 35 Ultra, but am not impressed. Its slow trigger speed seems to miss more than it gets, but it was cheap.

My newer cameras are 14mp Bushnell Aggressor no glow and seem pretty good so far. Trigger speed is amazing!

 

[excess650]

The other "coyotes" that I have on camera are smaller, have bigger ears and pointier snouts. There are grey foxes around too, but there is no mistaking them.

I have a tanned hide here,shot in central Pa and I did the skinning. Its 5-1/2' from tip to tip, and I'm sure the one pictured is bigger.

 

[stikshooter]

I have the dog in photos mom hanging on my loading room wall,bad reaction to a 54cal roundball is what caused her demise !

 

[Patocazador]

DNA tests show the "red wolf" to be a cross between coyotes and the eastern gray wolf. The feds refuse to acknowledge this but several judges have had their say on it. They stopped the Great Smokey Mtn. project and the St. Vincent's I. population is just a few individuals. No. Carolina is the sole site for releases now unless they have stopped that too.

A bowhunter on our Alabama hunt club killed a "coyote" that we weighed at 60 lbs. on our deer scale.

 

[Skychief]

It's a coyote