The reason for different colored yotes is twofold. Historically, coyotes lived west of the Mississippi & Red Wolves lived east.... In time, the Red Wolf population diminished, & the coyote ventured across the Mississippi. In due process, they mated, & since then, you'll have different colored versions of the yote. Don't forget to throw in the wild dogaddition for them to mate with& you'll never know what colorto expect. The only yote I've shot was of the original color & I too have seen brownish red & all black around my neck of the woods as well.