Black Coyote

[bullofthewoodsjr]

I forgot and left a camera out all winter and ended up with a black coyote on the card. I am not fond of coyotes at all, but he is striking. He would look even better mounted in the hunting room!

Where was your camera located (state/county)? An interesting looking critter.

 

[johnsd16]

Pretty common in the southeast US. Seems like AR, AL, MS, and LA produce the most. Hard to say if it's dog or wolf DNA. Some trappers that trap the same hunting leases every year will get up to 20% blacks on some properties. Fur is worth very little to the fur market but can have a lot of value on the taxidermy market or wall hanger/craft market.

 

[Engideer]

Where was your camera located (state/county)? An interesting looking critter.

He is from the central part of Arkansas. I actually had another picture on the same camera of a coyote with a rabbit by his paws. IT was pretty neat too.

 

[packmule]

That's pretty neat. We get some that are really black, but it's a color phase thing. When they blow the coat they're back to normal. That one looks like it would have to get shaved to not be black though.

 

[BossBrott]

Beautiful animal, feed him some lead.

 

[Sawfish]

I saw a mostly black coyote in California Zone X-12 this past season. He was definitely black and had a coyote like tail. I did not get a good look at his head as he was over 500 yards and running flat out. Too far for my 30/06 Encore pistol, unless he stopped (maybe), which he had no interest in doing. My first impression was "wolf" , but there are "not supposed to be any around here", and if there are they have been decreed endangered by King Jerry.

 

[bullofthewoodsjr]

He is from the central part of Arkansas. I actually had another picture on the same camera of a coyote with a rabbit by his paws. IT was pretty neat too.

Thanks for sharing the picture. I'd like the chance to see one someday.

 

[MSUcat61]

Sure looks like a young wolf to me...

 

[dan maule]

Sure looks like a young wolf to me...

That's what I was thinking.

 

[Mountain Matt]

Cool Pic. Looks like a wolf or shepard mix

 

[CoHiCntry]

Pretty neat. I see black foxes around here once in awhile. More like once in a blue moon! Very rare. They are really neat looking. Would be cool to get a crack at one for a mount.

 

[mnhoundman]

That would be a rare trophy for sure. There was a black fox around here a guy trapped that was pretty cool, I think that was like the black squirrel type thing though, not a cross breed.

 

[mallardsx2]

I killed one like that almost 20 years ago.

 

[NevadaMuleys]

I forgot and left a camera out all winter and ended up with a black coyote on the card. I am not fond of coyotes at all, but he is striking. He would look even better mounted in the hunting room!

That yote looks more like a wolf...I'd drop him in his tracks if I ever saw him lol.

 

[mallardsx2]

Killed this one 15 years ago.

First one I ever killed.

 

[mallardsx2]

Friends of mine killed this one.

A sample was drawn from it by a biologist.

 

[ivorytip]

am i seeing that right? is that brown on it?

 

[velvetfvr]

Friends of mine killed this one.

A sample was drawn from it by a biologist.

Looks like a cross with a domestic dog.

 

[Againstthewind]

Friends of mine killed this one.

A sample was drawn from it by a biologist.

Holy smokes that one looks eerily like my Aussie mix. She is wearing orange everywhere from now on. I mean down to the brown eyebrows. Maybe she is a coyote mix.

 

[ivorytip]

Friends of mine killed this one.

A sample was drawn from it by a biologist.

MALLARD ARE YOU HUNTING IN PEOPLE BACK YARDS?? HAHAJK