Coyote?
 

I was on my very last deer hunt of the season this evening, and I saw what I believed to be a coyote. They have been "rumored" to be in the woods that I hunt, but in 7 years I've never seen one. Not even a trail cam pic of one.At first I only saw it briefly, but it came back about 20 mins later. I was lucky, and got some great video ofit. I've seen probably20 fox this season, they were all very red. This critter is far from looking like any fox that I've ever seen. These are stills from the video.What do the experts say?

RE: Coyote?
 

you definitely have yourself a yote there.

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That is a yote for sure! I chuckle when you east coat guys say you've never seen a yote before. Nothing against you guys, but they've just been as common as stray dogs to me growing up in the midwest.

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Yep, and you should have put an arrow in him!

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Definitly a yote. No shot opps?

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Deer hunting only on the state land I'm hunting. I wouldn't have shot him anyway since he's the first I've seen in 7 years of hunting this land. I'm more happy just getting the video of him that I did!;)

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Give yourself 7 more years and you will be wanting to shoot every one you see. Trust me!

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Shoulda shot him. Darn coyotes have about obliterated rabbit hunting around my area.

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I'd say yes with no doubt. Why don't you do some predator control?

Ryan.

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What kind of area are you hunting that you can't shoot a coyote? Especially on state land?

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I wouldn't even give it that long! If there's one there is a lot more that you have no idea that they are there! Granted if you have a good Fox population the Coyote count could be low but they will multiply! Wolves eat Coyotes, Coyotes eat Fox, and Fox eat what ever they can!

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I'm all for killin Coyotes (haven't had the opportunity with a bow), but is it true that by strict regulation of their reproduction they almost always return close to carrying capacity (where they are well established)?

I read somewhere that they are nearly impossible to get rid of because the alpha male keeps the pack at a certain level, if some start to die they do some heavy reproducing. The people studying them said their ability regulate their pack size was fascinating, and that a kill here and there would do absolutely nothing to their long term population.

FWIW, we killed our first Coyote and hog on our property this year and we ain't thrilled about it.

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State Park land. Deer hunting only.

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100% Coyote there. It looks like a big guy to ;)I thought PA had lots of yotes??

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There are lots of yotes in Pa, justveryrarein my immediate area of Montgomery/Delaware Co.;)

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haha 7 yearseh well i never see em hardly but just about every night between may- october they sound off :D[:@]

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Ah, I see ;)Well it was nice seeing your first though. I remember when turkeys were rare in my area,, now they have exploded in population. The yote will do the same there.

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Looks to be with out a doubt a yote.

Shane

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If there is one there is bound to be many more. Spent friday night and saturday afternoon calling yotes 3 weeks ago didn't call any in then on sunday some guys ran their dogs through and ran out 3. Very sneaky critters. I have never seen any in those woods but they are everywhere you just don't normally see them.

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Yote No doubt!

Should'a drilled him Jeff!:D

Dan

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Whoops!! I see now! You gotta obey the Law.

Good move Jeff!:D

Dan

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I believe in population control but not to take them to extinction. I had 2 running around and I took one out. I did not see one all this year. Maybe I should go out and see if there are any out and about. Beautiful pic.

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That's no joke! We are well into our coyote hunting here and I'm taking advantage of every shot I get. I hate those damn things.