Wolf Identification
10-06-2019, 01:04 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 34
Wolf Identification
Hi there,
Didn't really know which category to post this question in, but anyway here it goes, I live in an area that I thought didn't have wolves of any kind in the area, at least for not a long ways away. Well the other night my neighbor was driving on our road just in front of my house, and said she saw a wolf. Well the next day I checked my trail cam and saw this picture linked below. Not sure what kind of wolf it is and why he's on his own. But any answers would be much appreciated. Oh I live in the Lanark Ontario area.
Thanks.
Didn't really know which category to post this question in, but anyway here it goes, I live in an area that I thought didn't have wolves of any kind in the area, at least for not a long ways away. Well the other night my neighbor was driving on our road just in front of my house, and said she saw a wolf. Well the next day I checked my trail cam and saw this picture linked below. Not sure what kind of wolf it is and why he's on his own. But any answers would be much appreciated. Oh I live in the Lanark Ontario area.
Thanks.
10-06-2019, 02:42 PM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
Posts: 11,596
Coyote, lots of them in CA!
10-06-2019, 03:28 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 12,068
I agree with the above statement.. 100% coyote..
10-06-2019, 04:10 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 1,446
I think so too, I seen some very large coyotes over the yrs, and that pic isn;'t the best to ID things either, IMO
10-07-2019, 12:01 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Germany/Calif.
Posts: 2,189
Size if the Canis and the shape of the muzzle, Yotes have a more Fox like muzzle. Not impossible it is a Wolf, I spotted a Wolf not a mile from my house. Supposedly 3-400 miles from any known Wolf packs. I didn't get a picture but did get some scat. The scat tested positive Wolf. It made the Papers here. They postulated it may have escaped from a nearby Zoo game park. The Wolves from the park are a lot lighter in color than what I saw.
Last edited by MudderChuck; 10-07-2019 at 12:05 AM.
10-07-2019, 01:27 AM
#6
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
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See that dark spot on the tail? That spot is a gland mark that is visible on a lot of coyotes. I am not from his area but I would still say it’s a coyote. Those are cinder blocks that it’s beside which are not that tall. If it’s a wolve it surely is not very big.
10-07-2019, 01:54 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: west central wi USA
Posts: 2,075
The legs aren't long enough to be a wolf. Definately coyote.
10-07-2019, 03:02 AM
#8
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Vermont
Posts: 20,332
I have seen a dead 70 pound male coyote here in Vt. A wolf is a lot bigger than that. I have seen hundreds of them in the wild and only 1 wolf on a deer hunt to northern Ontario and it was huge as compared to a yote.
10-07-2019, 10:05 AM
#9
Typical Buck
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Location: Clifton, VA
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Originally Posted by Phil from Maine
See that dark spot on the tail? That spot is a gland mark that is visible on a lot of coyotes. I am not from his area but I would still say it’s a coyote. Those are cinder blocks that it’s beside which are not that tall. If it’s a wolve it surely is not very big.
10-07-2019, 12:36 PM
#10
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Vermont
Posts: 20,332
Many of our Vermont coyotes have wolf DNA as reported by our Fish and Wildlife Dept but we don't have any resident wolves.
