104 # yote in MO??

kennym · December 15, 2010, 07:33:00 PM

Newspaper read today 104 #er killed in Carrol Co.,60 miles south of me.

Checked by MDC , they said definitely a yote,not a wolf.

Wolf in Grundy Co,35 miles NW of me a few years back killed by bowhunter weighed 80#

They also say most yote from 18 to 30 # in MO

What say ye?

I say if one of that stature comes by me,I'm puttin one in im!

Long walk to truck in dark with longbow and 104# yotes!!

Wannabe1 · December 15, 2010, 07:38:00 PM

What did he eat just before dying?!

The Vanilla Gorilla · December 15, 2010, 07:42:00 PM

I saw that pic. If they hadn't have dna tested it, I woulda laid odds that the hunter greased somebodys pet Husky.

When I trapped, a coyote of average size in my area would be around 20lbs. I wonder what that pelt woulda fetched him!?

I bet when that yote threw his head back and howled, the rest shut up and laid down!

But, if it were me, I woulda held out for a big one. Haha!

gorillabows · December 15, 2010, 07:42:00 PM

LOL.........I think that is great. I have to imagine that it should be a wolf, or even a bigger dog mixed with yote or siberian or something.

"Long walk to truck in dark with longbow and 104# yotes!! "

Yes it would be!!!

SEMO_HUNTER · December 15, 2010, 07:47:00 PM

I saw that this morning, my buddy sent me the link in an email.

It's a scientific fact that wolves and coyotes are very closely related and share the same DNA.
They will also interbreed and the offspring are called Timber wolves. The old timers used to call the coyote "The little brush wolf" or the "Little Timber Wolf" so if they both share the same DNA how can they say that it's not at least a hybrid coyote/wolf??

True coyotes just don't get that big without some help.....Yikes....Mega Yote!!
I think it's a hybrid and they just don't want to alarm the public.
There has been confirmed wolf sightings and even trail cam pics of them in Illinois......that's just across the river......so believe it or don't.....it's a hybrid.

My biggest coyote to date weighed 45lbs. and I can tell you that dude was plenty big! I dang sure wouldn't want one that size on me!
I just can't imagine how big a 108 pounder would look like up close? I would have shot that sonofa&%*$ too!

They also said the same thing about mountain lions in Missouri.....they routinely denied it everytime somebody spotted one.
Until one was captured on video camera carrying a deer carcass off. Now the MDC admits that we have a "Small" population of mountain lions. :rolleyes: "[dntthnk]"

Friend · December 15, 2010, 07:49:00 PM

DNA tests have confirmed that a 104-pound canine shot by a hunter in Carroll County Nov. 13 was an unusually large coyote.

Information came from a Charlseton Gazette posting as of 18 hrs ago.

December 15, 2010, 07:51:00 PM

i wonder if theres a land fill near by? :eek:

koger · December 15, 2010, 07:53:00 PM

I have killed right at 100 yotes over the past 20 years, all rifle kills. Last 4 years have been my biggest, #35-40 dogs! I know some were crossed with husky's, collies etc., exact same markings. #40 is my biggest, weighed.

SEMO_HUNTER · December 15, 2010, 07:57:00 PM

I don't care what they "Claim" that DNA testing has proved......that ain't no coyote like I have ever seen! Did you all notice the color on that "Coyote"???
I don't ever remember a coyote being grey/black/whitish silver around the muzzle??
I call BS on that thing being a coyote......even though MDC is one of the best conservation dept. in any state around, I guarantee that they aren't above fudging the truth to keep from alarming the public. After all......they Are a government agency. :rolleyes:

bolong · December 15, 2010, 08:01:00 PM

I've killed some that might of went 60 or 65, didn't weigh them though. 104 is hard to beleive.

December 15, 2010, 08:02:00 PM

where can i see a picture at?

SEMO_HUNTER · December 15, 2010, 08:04:00 PM

Here's the link to MDC's report on it.
http://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/hunter-shoots-unusually-large-coyote-northwest-missouri

Notice how they also mention that Wolves are "Protected" in the state of Missouri.
If we don't have any wolves, then why to they need protecting?
Hmmmmmm........that's kinda weird? :rolleyes:

Quote from article.....
"Wolves are a protected species in Missouri......."

wildgame · December 15, 2010, 08:10:00 PM

i would believe maybe a coy dog!the bigeast i ever seen was a 52pounder that had yote-chow mixed!

SEMO_HUNTER · December 15, 2010, 08:11:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by wildgame:
i would believe maybe a coy dog!the bigeast i ever seen was a 52pounder that had yote-chow mixed!

Boy...either the Yote decided to go "Up Town" or the Chow was slummin'??

December 15, 2010, 08:12:00 PM

yeh, it doesent have the usual brown coleration that a coyote has...

$bowhunter$ · December 15, 2010, 08:14:00 PM

never seen a cyote look like that thats for sure

vtmtnman · December 15, 2010, 08:14:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by SEMO_HUNTER:
Here's the link to MDC's report on it.
http://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/hunter-shoots-unusually-large-coyote-northwest-missouri

Notice how they also mention that Wolves are "Protected" in the state of Missouri.
If we don't have any wolves, then why to they need protecting?
Hmmmmmm........that's kinda weird? :rolleyes:

Quote from article.....
"Wolves are a protected species in Missouri......."

That's along the same lines of there's no Catamounts in Vermont yet it says right in the game law book no open season on eastern mountain lion,lynx,or Marten.

Vermont and Missouri law makers must've drank the same kool aid.. :rolleyes:

Wannabe1 · December 15, 2010, 08:18:00 PM

Looks more like a wolf than a 'yote to me.

Hess · December 15, 2010, 08:20:00 PM

Poor Fido,

Somebody has lost there pet...I'm surprised there is no collar with tags on it.

ishiwannabe · December 15, 2010, 08:23:00 PM

Looks like more husky than yote to me.