No doubt about it IMO it is an Eastern Coyote and we have more than our fair share of them here! We also have had a couple of wolfs killed here as well. One was shot by a bear hunter thinking it was a bear and the only other one that I know of was caught by a trapper. The guy that shot the black one recieved a quite a bit of time for it. They say they are not here though and our coyotes are mixed with wolf. Some are up to 80% wolf. I believe it was from a wolf planting program that failed for the most part because the coyotes bred with the wolves. The powers decided not to plant any wolves here because they couldn't servive from the cross breeding.