I've seen quite a few coyotes over the years but this is a first for me. This sucker looks bobtailed to me. I included a normal coyote for comparison.
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(http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh338/spikeknife/bobtail_zpsd7524808.jpg) (http://s544.photobucket.com/user/spikeknife/media/bobtail_zpsd7524808.jpg.html)
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Used to trap coyotes, the bobtailed ones showed up every now and then.
Hmmm. Gator ate it and left the coyote?
shot off with an alomst rifle miss - see deer every year - 1 or 2 like that. Cliff how you been :)
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No telling how it happened .
I catch one most every year trapping and calling always a few raccoons too.
Tracy
Hey Cory. Doing fine. Hope Robert's trappers worked the coyotes over these past few weeks. Danged critters are at epidemic levels over there.
Cool pic
I saw one with Mange real bad, had no tail left really, more like a rat tail. that though is different.
that one either got shot, bit, or trap-snapped off, I'm guessing.
QuoteOriginally posted by johnnyk71:
that one either got shot, bit, or trap-snapped off, I'm guessing.
my thoughts exactly
It could be an escapee from a pen. Do you have a coyote pen close. People run dogs in coyote pens generally 40 acres or larger and the coyotes tails are usually snipped off. I hunt close to a coyote pen and if I see a coyote with a bobbed tail its one that was in the pen and escaped. I seriously doubt a trap snapped it off.
Most likely bit off in a fight with either another yote or a dog.
I did shoot at one several years ago and misjudged the rate he/she was moving. All I got from the shot was the tail. :banghead:
It yelped and kicked on the afterburners. :biglaugh:
Maybe he sat down on the trap. That would sting a bit. :biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Never seen one with a bobbed tail but have seen one with mange. Size varies quite a bit, too.