Coyote vs. Wolf
 

I got these pictures of what I believe is a large coyote at my bear bait site. My question is, How can you tell the difference between a wolf and a coyote? Most of the websites I've looked at said size, but that doesn't distinguish between a large coyote and a smaller wolf. This "coyote" stands about two and a half feet tall, so acording to what I've read, that puts it at the top of coyote size and the bottom of wolf size. There has got to be a better way to tell.

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Its a wolf you can tell by the head and the paws...........
Brett

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I'd agree with Brett. definitly a wolf same reasoning, and body shape / posture.

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Not only that but you can tell by the bigger snout.....coyotes are small
Brett

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That is much "leggier" than a coyote. And the bigger broader snout.

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I guess I'll start carrying a gun with me to my bait now:( Bears never worried me, but wolves make me nervous.

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I have seen some pretty large coyotes here in TN off of the highway, probably get big from eating turkey and deer fawn.

I thought it was a coyote, but it does have very long legs for a coyote come to think of it.

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I just sent the picture in to the wis. dnr to see what they have to say. Their population map doesn't show any wolves within 30 miles of here, but that doesn't mean anything.

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One of those Michigan wolves ended up in Missouri a few years back. So I doubt 30 miles is more than two or three hous for a wolf traveling at a normal movement speed.

Michigan Wolf Killed in Missouri The list of animals you can see in Missouri continues to grow. A Grundy County man, returning from bowhunting for deer Oct. 23, spied what he thought was a coyote peering into his sheep pen. Fearing for the safety of his livestock, he shot and killed the animal. Then he discovered the "coyote" was wearing an ear tag and a radio collar. Realizing he had killed a wolf, he did the right thing and brought the carcass to a conservation agent.
Conservation Department. Furbearer Biologist Dave Hamilton later verified that it was a gray wolf and traced it back to Michigan, where it had been marked and its movements tracked as part of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' wolf management program.
Also known as timber wolves, gray wolves once lived in Missouri. They were extirpated here and elsewhere in the eastern United States by the end of the 19th century. Timber wolves persisted in Minnesota. From there, they dispersed back into Wisconsin and Michigan, which now have wolf populations of their own.
The wolf killed here was a 2 1/2-year-old male weighing 80 pounds. Michigan biologists tracked it for nine months after capturing and tagging it in July 1999. After that, biologists lost track of the animal. Now they know why. It was on a 600-mile road trip.
The gray wolf is classified as federally endangered in Michigan, Wisconsin and Missouri. However, the species has grown numerous enough in Minnesota that it is considered threatened there, and federal officials are considering downgrading its status to threatened in other states. This would allow more flexibility in managing gray wolves when they cause problems for people. The man who shot the wolf here will not be prosecuted because he was protecting his livestock and reasonably assumed the animal was a coyote.
"For years, we have believed and told people that there were no wild wolves in Missouri," said Hamilton. "We can't say that anymore, though the likelihood of seeing a wolf here still is extremely small."
Hamilton said the Conservation Department has never stocked wolves and has no plans to restore them to Missouri. He said the state lacks wilderness areas large enough to sustain wolves without unacceptable human conflicts.

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A wolf can go 30 miles just for breakfast.

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I will say this much, that is a wolf that was kicked out of the bunch and now is roaming, it doesnt have a hunting pack, so its eating were it can.
Brett

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Wolf or a wolf hybrid. I've seen collared wolves here in Alaska trapped almost a hundred miles from where they were collared.

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Yotes got small pointy snoots, are much smaller, not as leggy, and they yap, not howl. Punypaws too. Wolves leave big ol' tracks.

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Wolf. Two things though:

I wouldn't be sending the DNR any images of wolves if they were in my bear bait. I also wouldn't be sending them any images of anywhere I'm hunting.

I wouldn't rely on the DNR's wolf placement map unless it has the entire Northern Region of Wisconsin covered up.

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Why not my bait is legal and I didn't tell them it was my bait any way. I just sent them an e-mail asking if it was a coyote or a wolf. Do you think if they knew were it was, they would come snooping around, and screw up my bait? Maybe try to tag it? Oh well, too late now.

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DNR says its a wolf.

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Not to brag but..................hehe Told you!..........just kidding its all good.
Brett

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Your a genius

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100% WOLF

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You better shoot it just to make sure.;)

(bring your shovel)

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We have a saying here in Idaho when it comes to wolves......SHOOT, SHOVEL, AND SHUT UP!......................
BRETT

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It appears to be an adolescent wolf, likely been pushed out by the dominant wolves from a pack. It's probably why it doesn't seem to have a great deal of body mass either.
The large dominant wolves of a pack are considerably bigger/heavier. Their body is long, tall and big head. Paws are much bigger than a coyote and longer legs. When you see an adult male wolf there'll be no doubt in your mind what it is and why it's able to take down a full grown health deer or even larger cervid.

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bump

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ah men brother

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