104 # yote in MO??

[vermonster13]

There is a 83# one stuffed in the state house here and they do run in packs here also. Black, grey, reddish colors are all common. Have Timber Wolf genes mixed in a lot of them.

[Orion]

I'm with Semo and a few others on this one.  That critter is a hybrid.  Doesn't even look like a coyote. I'm talking conformation more than color phase.  

[elkbreath]

Thumper, thats what I'm thinking.  Every yote over 3 or so starts have some serious wear.  One old enough to reach this size would be ground down to the gums I would suppose.  Its legs are too long to, looks like a wolf to me, not a coyote. wouldn't be too incredible if a pup took off and ran down the Missouri river from Montana.  Stranger things have happened.  


of course, hes a small one.
   

[bad arrow]

His back end and legs have the coloration of a coyote but he sure looks wolflike in the front half and face....Phil

wow!   how much did that guy weigh?

[Living_waters]

I have a tanned yote shoulder mount in the deep frig that I havent found a form for yet. You can stick a basket ball inside the cape where the skull should be     . Like a dummy I didn't keep the jaw to match it up it was twice the size of a medium yote plastic jaw (that I had)

[J-dog]

Originally posted by Wannabe1:
What did he eat just before dying?!      

That is hillarious! and I agree - whatever that is it has more than yote.

J

[Fischman]

I'm throwing the bs flag also that things not a yote.. I've killed hundreds of coyotes and they just don't get that big, it looks like a dog or a dog wolf cross. Them guys must think we all smoke wacky weed to try and convince anyone its a yote! Or maybe they are smoking wacky weed down there!!! LOL

[motorhead7963]

Yeahhhh!! I would be questioning the accuracy of the scale and the credibility of those making the claim!! THAT AINT NO COYOTE!!!!

[elknutz]

Guess we now know where my daughters dog ended up!

[FerretWYO]

Man and I thought that the one that I got out there with you was a big one.

[Longbow Jake]

Okay we are all thinkin it I'll just come on out and say it and we will all sleep better tonight you ready?.............................Its a.....WEREYOTE!!! watch your backs fellas  

[Sixby]

Not a coyote and from that pic it looks like a lot less weight than they are saying. I hunted coyotes for 7 years for a living and the largest I ever killed was about 55 lb and that is in big open sage coyote country where everything is big. They are called prime Montanas in the fur trade. I don't know how many coyotes my brother and son and I took in that time but it was way more than enough to get a good sampling of what a coyote is. Most matures yotes would go about 30 lbs for males and 25 for females. A forty lb dog was considered exceptional.
This pup is either a cross breed wolf dog or a wolf and not in too good of shape from the pic. I would say possibly a young male wolf that was kicked out of a pack and started traveling.

God Bless you all and Merry Christmas, Steve

[T Lail]

did they test him for steroids ??????? that is one big yote........  

[wollelybugger]

We have some Coy dogs here in Pa. that get big but not that big. We have all kinds of color combos, from black to blond.

[swp]

Have steroids invaded the coyote world now???  

[bornagainbowhunter]

I killed a monster yote earlier this year and I would be willing to bet (never weighed) that it did not break 50#.  The critter in the pic don't look like a yote to me.  If I saw it in the woods I likely would not have shot it because I would not want to kill Fluffy.

It really looks like a timber wolf I used to have.  Mine was 98% timber wolf and 2% Malamute.  I think its a pet or ferel.

God Bless,
Nathan

[Mint]

Sure doesn't look like a coyote to me. I readsomewhere that red wolves are basically large coyotes but there shouldn't be any in MO.

[J-dog]

Red wolves I have seen are basically the same size as a yote. They run around Pungo and I have had the pleasure of a couple up close encounters. Take this word from a NON biologist for what it is worth (default staement! LOL)

I would be scared to predator hunt where red wolves are located!

J

[snag]

I wonder if it wasn't a wolf/yote mix? There are some in Oregon that say this is occurring here.