Bobtailed coyote

[Liquid Amber]

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.

[nd chickenman]

Used to trap coyotes, the bobtailed ones showed up every now and then.

[Duncan]

Hmmm. Gator ate it and left the coyote?

[Cory Mattson]

shot off with an alomst rifle miss - see deer every year - 1 or 2 like that. Cliff how you been  
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[Thumper Dunker]

No telling how it happened .

[K.S.TRAPPER]

I catch one most every year trapping and calling always a few raccoons too.

Tracy

[Liquid Amber]

Hey Cory.  Doing fine.  Hope Robert's trappers worked the coyotes over these past few weeks.  Danged critters are at epidemic levels over there.

[Warden609]

Cool pic

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I saw one with Mange real bad, had no tail left really, more like a rat tail.  that though is different.

[johnnyk71]

that one either got shot, bit, or trap-snapped off, I'm guessing.

[Jayrod]

Originally posted by johnnyk71:
that one either got shot, bit, or trap-snapped off, I'm guessing.

my thoughts  exactly

[Onestringer]

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.

[Troy D. Breeding]

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.    

It yelped and kicked on the afterburners.  

[D. Key]

Maybe he sat down on the trap.  That would sting a bit.            

[Shifting Shadow]

Never seen one with a bobbed tail but have seen one with mange. Size varies quite a bit, too.