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Brindle yotes
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ryanh487
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dang, and 2 of them to boot. Those would look mighty nice on either side of the fire place, or make a really cool display full body mount fighting/attacking a deer.
dtala
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looks like a Dutch Shepherd or brindle Malinois got mixed it there...very unusual color for sure.
BassHunter25
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I think its a black yote, just a little lighter with a summer coat. I just got this one too.
Lucky7
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Nice persimmons in the background....
joey1919
Senior Member
I wonder if the black in all these "coyotes" we see is something left over from the extinct black Florida wolf. Our coyotes look different anyway and I cant recall seeing any photos of a black phase western coyote.
Cole Henry
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Just got one on camera last week! First one I have ever got
Yep. The camera ain't there for nothing.
It's definitely the wolf DNA in the eastern yotes that causes the much bigger size, the tendency to hunt in packs, all the color variations. Most studies that have been done so far show that our eastern "coyotes" are mostly wolf/coyote hybrids. I doubt that the small southeastern brush wolves were ever killed to extinction to start with, like the bigger timber wolves in the southern Appalachians were. Our present-day "coyotes" pretty much fit to a T the descriptions of the small species of southeastern wolves given in the writings of William Bartram and several others in the 1700s.
joey1919
Senior Member
Yep. The camera ain't there for nothing.
It's definitely the wolf DNA in the eastern yotes that causes the much bigger size, the tendency to hunt in packs, all the color variations. Most studies that have been done so far show that our eastern "coyotes" are mostly wolf/coyote hybrids. I doubt that the small southeastern brush wolves were ever killed to extinction to start with, like the bigger timber wolves in the southern Appalachians were. Our present-day "coyotes" pretty much fit to a T the descriptions of the small species of southeastern wolves given in the writings of William Bartram and several others in the 1700s.
I agree. The wolf/coyote subject has always been interesting to me. While the current species, whatever you want to call it, has been a real pain in my rear at times it's still a pretty interesting study.
The Florida black wolf, and if it was actually a seperate subspecies or not is apparently up for some debate. I have a hard time finding much information on it.
shdw633
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Almost have that look of wild dogs in Africa.
campboy
Senior Member
Cool pics and good information.
beginnersluck
Senior Member
I've seen several of those around. Last year I had twins come in while I was hunting NF land and they looked like calico cats...orange black and tan...that was a first for me.
kbuck1
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Just like Bartram described.
UncleLee
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Gotta buddy who is a bar pilot on Savannah River -- swears he has seen wolves (not coyotes or dogs) on some of the small uninhabited islands and spits between Tybee and Savannah Port.
Killdee
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They are cool looking critters, wish they weren't so bad on the deer population.
undertaker84
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Seen one like that on family land in Rocky Ford, GA probably a decade ago. First glance, thought it may have been a small german shepherd. Scoped him and realized, not. I regret not shooting him, I was not that educated then about the impact of coyotes and as he would have made a beautiful mount.
