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Post by surveyor on Jan 4, 2016 16:17:31 GMT -5
Shot this coyote last night and checked nearly 100 pics of prior coyote kills...this was the first with a white tipped tail. Any others here seen one before? Just curious!  |
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Post by squash on Jan 4, 2016 17:42:22 GMT -5
Yes, I shot one last winter on Tug Hill
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Post by Zagman on Jan 4, 2016 17:51:29 GMT -5
Yes, but what's more rare, I think, are lower legs being white like that........
MZ
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Post by 2labs on Jan 4, 2016 18:47:50 GMT -5
Cool looking coyote! Congratulations!
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Post by surveyor on Jan 4, 2016 19:01:54 GMT -5
I went back thru years of yote pics and it has only been the past year or two that I have taken lighter color yotes... all within the same area. Here is a pic of one I shot a year ago almost to the day. Take a look at one front leg...what y'all think happened there?  |
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Post by slyfox74 on Jan 4, 2016 19:40:16 GMT -5
I think a deer hunter shot it's leg off. That's what I think./
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Post by mikeb on Jan 4, 2016 20:32:22 GMT -5
real nice colored ones for sure those white coloring-have only bought a handful of that color from this area!!
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Post by Adirondack-Jim on Jan 4, 2016 21:32:17 GMT -5
That's one for the tannery!
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Post by tmc on Jan 5, 2016 8:12:49 GMT -5
First photo - can I please have her collar back?!?!?! OK, sorry - it is interesting how some locations produce consistent coloration and/or patterns. About 10 or 15 years ago during deer season I let out a couple of fawn bleats and in came a coyote at full run, I didn't shoot because 1. it was shotgun-only for deer here back then and I didn't want a huge hole in the pelt, and 2. I wasn't even 100% certain it was a coyote at first, because it was snow white with silver-blue mottling like ermine tail tips all over, like a Dalmatian's coat but they were streaks not spots. It took off before I knew for sure it was a coyote. Since then I've seen more than a dozen like that around here, but haven't ever seen them anywhere else. You don't forget one that looks like that.
Nice coyotes! And good hunting to you!
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Post by peltseeker on Jan 5, 2016 8:19:13 GMT -5
First photo - can I please have her collar back?!?!?! OK, sorry - it is interesting how some locations produce consistent coloration and/or patterns. About 10 or 15 years ago during deer season I let out a couple of fawn bleats and in came a coyote at full run, I didn't shoot because 1. it was shotgun-only for deer here back then and I didn't want a huge hole in the pelt, and 2. I wasn't even 100% certain it was a coyote at first, because it was snow white with silver-blue mottling like ermine tail tips all over, like a Dalmatian's coat but they were streaks not spots. It took off before I knew for sure it was a coyote. Since then I've seen more than a dozen like that around here, but haven't ever seen them anywhere else. You don't forget one that looks like that. Nice coyotes! And good hunting to you! Wow quick glance and it definitely looks domestic ... |
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Post by surveyor on Jan 5, 2016 9:52:23 GMT -5
Domestic?  Are you serious? I shot that yote running with her mangy boyfriend! Here they are doin' their last dance together! I have seen domestic dogs (including a German Shepherd) at night hunting and if not for Gen 3+ and extreme carefulness could have easily put a bullet between it's eyes!  |
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Post by alpom on Jan 5, 2016 11:02:10 GMT -5
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Post by surveyor on Jan 5, 2016 12:40:54 GMT -5
Great looking dog!
Tell me, how would any predator hunter, hunting at night, in a hay field full of coyote sign and coyote sightings, distinguish a dog that looks like yours from a coyote (short of seeing a collar or vest)? Here is how I do it. Coyotes don't have collars or wear vests! Coyotes have a "gate" or means of walking and running that is very unique. I can't say that I have ever seen a coyote working or walking around with it's tail anything but straight back and low vs your pic above. I have never seen a coyote with its tail in the air or wagging. Domestic dogs run around usually wagging their tails showing very little concern for what is going on around them...they throw caution to the wind. A coyote is constantly stopping looking around, being cautious. I watch domestic dogs in the daytime around homes, particularly with ponds they like to check out and look for their characteristics different from coyotes. Most importantly, I am not desperate to kill something! I have a mental check list I go thru, before pulling the trigger on a coyote.I never rush a shot, because I don't have to using nightvision...they haven't a clue they are being watched. If I pass one up one night, one thing I know is...that they always come back and their days are numbered. I say the above having watched coyotes at night with nightvision for dozens of hours, both in season and out!
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Post by tmc on Jan 5, 2016 17:55:49 GMT -5
Whoa, I hope you don't think I was calling it "domestic," I just have a (very?) odd sense of humor. Like when my friend shot a HUGE doe, and I asked him where he buried the saddle... He didn't get it for a long time.  |
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Post by surveyor on Jan 5, 2016 19:28:01 GMT -5
tmc... alpom... I think your dog might be a distant relative of this coyote. The top views are quite similar!  |
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Post by alpom on Jan 5, 2016 20:30:13 GMT -5
its called West Siberian Laika
i imported her from Russia. Best hunting dogs ever! Going after everything from squirrel to bear
They belong to "primitive breeds" type so very close look to wild species
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Are you serious?
