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Old 12-22-2010, 09:18 AM   #1
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Here's one from April of 2006 taken in Gilmanton. We sure have healthy looking Coyotes here.

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Old 12-22-2010, 09:48 AM   #2
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Wow, what a beautiful photo. When we lived out in Belmont we would hear the coyotes frequently at night. I miss that!
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It looks more like a northern wolf or coydog to me.



A coyote has ears that are pointed and proportionately large in relation to the head.

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Yeah definitely not a Coyote...More Wolf. Coyotes have a much thinner face than the one in your picture. Could be a cross of some type. People say they see wolves around these parts. I'd love to.....
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Coyotes are generalists, eating whatever food is seasonally abundant. Coyotes are known to feed on mice, squirrels, woodchucks, snowshoe hare, fawns, house cats, carrion, amphibians, garbage, insects and fruit. Coyotes utilize forested habitats, shrubby open fields, marshy areas and river valleys.

The Eastern coyote is a social animal that generally selects a lifelong mate. Coyotes are quite vocal during their January to March breeding season. Both parents care for their young, occasionally with the assistance of older offspring. Four to eight pups are born in early May.

Within a year some pups will disperse long distances to find their own territories, while other offspring may remain with their parents and form a small pack.

Territories range in size from 5-25 square miles and are usually shared by a mated pair and occasionally their offspring. Coyotes mark and defend their territories against other unrelated coyotes and sometimes against other canid species. Coyotes are capable of many distinct vocalizations - the yipping of youngsters, barks to indicate a threat, long howls used to bring pack members together, and group yip-howls issued when pack members reunite.

Domestic dog/ coyote hybrids, referred to as coydogs, are usually born in the winter. Since domestic dogs that manage to pair with a female coyote do not remain with her to assist in parental care, the young rarely survive. DNA sampling of coyote tissue in the Northeast shows no coyote/dog crosses. However, they do have a mixture of wolf DNA.

http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wild...ern_coyote.htm

http://northernwoodlands.org/outside...ing_for_wolves
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Coyotes are generalists, eating whatever food is seasonally abundant. Coyotes are known to feed on mice, squirrels, woodchucks, snowshoe hare, fawns, house cats, carrion, amphibians, garbage, insects and fruit. Coyotes utilize forested habitats, shrubby open fields, marshy areas and river valleys.

The Eastern coyote is a social animal that generally selects a lifelong mate. Coyotes are quite vocal during their January to March breeding season. Both parents care for their young, occasionally with the assistance of older offspring. Four to eight pups are born in early May.

Within a year some pups will disperse long distances to find their own territories, while other offspring may remain with their parents and form a small pack.

Territories range in size from 5-25 square miles and are usually shared by a mated pair and occasionally their offspring. Coyotes mark and defend their territories against other unrelated coyotes and sometimes against other canid species. Coyotes are capable of many distinct vocalizations - the yipping of youngsters, barks to indicate a threat, long howls used to bring pack members together, and group yip-howls issued when pack members reunite.

Domestic dog/ coyote hybrids, referred to as coydogs, are usually born in the winter. Since domestic dogs that manage to pair with a female coyote do not remain with her to assist in parental care, the young rarely survive. DNA sampling of coyote tissue in the Northeast shows no coyote/dog crosses. However, they do have a mixture of wolf DNA.

http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wild...ern_coyote.htm

http://northernwoodlands.org/outside...ing_for_wolves

Could it be that the Wolves are in NH now? I found this on the Wolves website that you posted:

"It seemed that the only thing that stood in the way of wolf reintroduction in the Northeast was political will. In 1999, the State legislature of New Hampshire expressed its will by passing a law forbidding the reintroduction of wolves to that state.

But nature has its own will. In 2002, wolves were killed in Canada just 20 miles from the New Hampshire border. Then, 10 miles from the border, fish and wildlife officials asked Vermont hunters be on the lookout for wolves in northern Vermont.

Since then, there have been several years of poor weather conditions for tracking wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s budget has been cut time and again. The Endangered Species Act, the legal foundation for the wolf’s reintroduction, became endangered itself."
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It looks more like a northern wolf or coydog to me.

A coyote has ears that are pointed and proportionately large in relation to the head.
Given the picture, it would have to be a very well groomed and fed coydog, they are typically more mangier looking then the animal in the picture. I have to lean more towards a wolf then a coydog. One thing for sure is that it isn't a coyote.
Still it is a beautiful picture.
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Coyotes are generalists, eating whatever food is seasonally abundant. Coyotes are known to feed on mice, squirrels, woodchucks, snowshoe hare, fawns, house cats, carrion, amphibians, garbage, insects and fruit. Coyotes utilize forested habitats, shrubby open fields, marshy areas and river valleys.

The Eastern coyote is a social animal that generally selects a lifelong mate. Coyotes are quite vocal during their January to March breeding season. Both parents care for their young, occasionally with the assistance of older offspring. Four to eight pups are born in early May.

Within a year some pups will disperse long distances to find their own territories, while other offspring may remain with their parents and form a small pack.

Territories range in size from 5-25 square miles and are usually shared by a mated pair and occasionally their offspring. Coyotes mark and defend their territories against other unrelated coyotes and sometimes against other canid species. Coyotes are capable of many distinct vocalizations - the yipping of youngsters, barks to indicate a threat, long howls used to bring pack members together, and group yip-howls issued when pack members reunite.

Domestic dog/ coyote hybrids, referred to as coydogs, are usually born in the winter. Since domestic dogs that manage to pair with a female coyote do not remain with her to assist in parental care, the young rarely survive. DNA sampling of coyote tissue in the Northeast shows no coyote/dog crosses. However, they do have a mixture of wolf DNA.

http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wild...ern_coyote.htm

http://northernwoodlands.org/outside...ing_for_wolves
http://lethalapp.com/news/2009/04/wo...als-skeptical/

http://ecohearth.com/component/conte...-in-maine.html

Maybe it's a chupacabra?
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they are roaming on Long Island! A bit scary. We have all commented that the deer and fox population seem to have diminished and have pointed to this animal as likely culprit.
No threat to humans? Sig on board regardless.
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I had one of those creatures in Airdale's photo cross my rural road right in front of me and my dog about two months ago. It was very quick, my Lab didn't even see it, she had her head down a chipper hole. It was maybe 30ft away, I said "Oh, my.....", and BOOM, into the bushes on the other side of the street. It was a much better looking animal than the coyotes I see frequently, I asssumed it was a wolf, or hybrid. Didn't even have time to get rattled..........
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they are roaming on Long Island! A bit scary. We have all commented that the deer and fox population seem to have diminished and have pointed to this animal as likely culprit.
No threat to humans? Sig on board regardless.
This Friday, I saw one trotting across Moultonborough's Airport, and had plenty of time to point him out to my passengers.
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That is one big coyote
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Dancing Brook Lodge in Alexandria, NH raises wolf hybrids. Wonder if some of them migjht have gotten loose.

http://dancingbrookelodge.org/aboutus.html
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That is a wolf face no doubt.. Coyote has more of a fox countenance to it.. You can see the cheeky look of a wolf..
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That is a wolf face no doubt.. Coyote has more of a fox countenance to it.. You can see the cheeky look of a wolf..
I am no expert, so I had one look at my image and this was his answer:

"Hi Paul,

The animal photographed, in this magnificent photo, is an eastern coyote. Eastern coyotes have wolf genetics, thus is a "cross" considering an evolutionary biologist stand point.

My identification is based on the ear to head proportion, head size, nose shape and ear shape. I also used the beech leaves as an approximate scale.

Given the animals robust size and body shape I can understand why some would believe the animal is wolf. However it is not the body size and shape that assist biologist with wild canid identification. Given that eastern coyotes are a cross of western coyote/wolf genetics, a large coyote can look wolf like and a small wolf can look coyote like. Thus, biologist look at the details I used above.

Another identifier of coyote versus wolf is the animals tail use when moving. Wolves point the tail straight out when moving, eastern coyotes keep the tail down. I could not use this identifier as it appears the animal was standing still when photographed.

Sincerely,

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225 Main St, Durham NH, 03824"
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There was an article on the eastern coyote on page A3 of this week's Gilford Steamer.
http://www.newhampshirelakesandmount...2012.02.02.pdf
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There was an article on the eastern coyote on page A3 of this week's Gilford Steamer.
http://www.newhampshirelakesandmount...2012.02.02.pdf
Thanks for the post. Very informative article. Interesting that the author is the same person that responded to Airedale1.
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They do not like them in North country

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Not sure if anyone has seen what coyote will do to a deer.
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28 coyotes hanging out. Passed this on Rt 201 heading to Jackman.
They do not like coyotes up there at all.

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Nice picture of the hangin pole. Wackem all. With no real predators of them they multiply fast and they love to eat dogs, cats and fawns. Talk to farmer and see how they ravage corn too.
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They also kill large deer and moose.
Many have not seen what a coyote will do to a large deer or moose. They will not kill the animal but prefer run it down, wear it out then take chunks off of the animal until it dies, in essence eating it to death. Yes pretty gory details but 100% the truth. We have witnessed this fist hand while riding our snowmobiles and it is something I will never forget. The deer actually ran up to us and stood by us as the pack waited just beyond the lights of our snowmobiles, we had no choice but to ride away leaving it to its fate.
Coyotes are multiplying and have been taking a toll on the deer and Moose populations of both NH and ME for many years now.
Just this week they have been on the news down in Mass.
2 years ago a hunter was checking his bear bait located on our property. He was attacked by 2 coyotes who did not want him near the bait. He got a bullet into both. Not sure weather they lived or not. Hopefully they suffered.
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A lot of people are under the impression they are cute little wild dogs.
They are just the opposite, they are killers, and they have gone after small children and attacked adults.
That picture is exactly what it looks like when they feed on a deer, thanks for sharing.
Friend of mine had to put the electric collar on his huge German Sheppard to keep him from going into the woods after the pack that has been down off Blackbrook Rd. on the Sanbornton end.
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"They are just the opposite, they are killers, and they have gone after small children and attacked adults." BR
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Still laughing! Yes unfortunately a lot like today society.
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