[Bowdacious]

What kind of animal is this. To me it looks like it is a cross between a yote and a fox....but I didn't think they mixed.....so I'm just wonderin what everyone thinks.

 

[chet]

how much would you say it weighed.....
could be a coy-dog?????
maybe an odd color phase, genetic defect coyote????
possibly a very young wolf????????
there are a few foxes runnin around here that have funny colored fur, said to have escaped from a furrier?????

wierd animal indeed, definetly k9.........

 

[Bowdacious]

here is a close up on photobucket.

http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh30 ... ure080.jpg

ttp://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301 ... ure078.jpg

 

[Loke]

Looks to me like a black phase red fox.
https://r1.dfg.ca.gov/portal/Portals/12 ... 003-01.jpg

 

[elk22hunter]

I was watching some coyote hunting on You Tube and a guy was going nuts because a black Coyote was coming in and said that they are rare but do happen. Crazy.

 

[chet]

the general "huskyness" and the facial features as well as the tail rule out a fox in my mind.
I would say definetly coyote. very neat! a mounter for sure!

 

[proutdoors]

Loke, I don't think that it has a red fox tail. I am guessing it is a 'black' coyote, rare like a black mule deer/elk, it does happen.

 

[Nambaster]

Wow clean that thing off and do a full body mount on that one. I especially like the white V on his chest.

 

[duck jerky]

cool. get that thing mounted

 

[Bowdacious]

OK....I've been looking on the internet and I think that it's features are totally different than a red fox.....I've come to the conclusion that it is a BLACK COYOTE. But hey, I'm not an expert.

 

[bigbr]

I think you shot the neighbors shepherd.....

Just kidding.....Bigbr

 

[InvaderZim]

I've come to the conclusion that it is a BLACK COYOTE. But hey, I'm not an expert.

You're right. I assume that this animal was taken back east somewhere as this is where most of these coyotes are taken.

The eastern and southen US has a huge feral dog problem (plenty of food in a less harsh environment) and at some point or another an eastern coyote had mated with a dog. Now these "black" coyotes are showing up all over the southern and eastern US, and I've seen pics of several in trapping magazines; some folks have caught several in a year.

 

[huntducksordietrying]

Thats Snickers! He has been lost for days now. I dont know how Ill ever tell my kids.

 

[Bowdacious]

Thats Snickers! He has been lost for days now. I dont know how Ill ever tell my kids.

What they don't know won't hurt 'em!

 

[idiot with a bow]

It almost looks like Satan's dog

 

[Bowdacious]

I've come to the conclusion that it is a BLACK COYOTE. But hey, I'm not an expert.

You're right. I assume that this animal was taken back east somewhere as this is where most of these coyotes are taken.

The eastern and southen US has a huge feral dog problem (plenty of food in a less harsh environment) and at some point or another an eastern coyote had mated with a dog. Now these "black" coyotes are showing up all over the southern and eastern US, and I've seen pics of several in trapping magazines; some folks have caught several in a year.

It was back east.......it was taken in Florida's pan handle