104 pound coyote

[KySongDog]

http://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/hunter-shoots-unusually-large-coyote-northwest-missouri


Hunter shoots unusually large coyote in Northwest Missouri

   
Published on: Dec. 13, 2010

Posted by Jim Low

JEFFERSON CITY Mo â€" DNA tests show that a 104-pound canine shot by a hunter in Carroll County Nov. 13 was an unusually large coyote.

The hunter shot the big canine on opening day of Missouri’s November firearms deer season, thinking it was a coyote. Coyotes are legal game during deer season. However, when the hunter saw the animal’s size, he wondered if he had mistakenly shot a wolf. He reported the kill to Conservation Agent Marc Bagley. Bagley took possession of the animal and turned it over to the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Resource Science Division for identification.

Resource Scientist Jeff Beringer said the MDC staff took measurements and collected tissue and hair samples for DNA analysis. The test showed the animal was a coyote.

According to Beringer, the coyote was a male approximately 3 years old. It had no tattoos, microchip or evidence of ear tags that would indicate it might have escaped or been released from captivity.

The coyote’s size and the size and shape of its feet were similar to those of a wolf, leading to speculation it could be a coyote-wolf hybrid. Gray wolves, also known as timber wolves, once inhabited northern Missouri but were gone from the state by the late 1800s, due to hunting and habitat loss. Wolves persisted in Minnesota. From there, they dispersed into Wisconsin and Michigan, which now have wolf populations of their own.

The last record of a gray wolf in Missouri was of a young male mistaken for a coyote and killed by a bowhunter in Grundy County in October 2001. A radio collar and ear tag linked that 80-pound wolf to Michigan.

The Wild Mammals of Missouri, the definitive text on Show-Me State mammals, indicates a normal weight range of 18 to 30 pounds for coyotes. However, much larger specimens have been documented in other states.

Wolves are a protected species in Missouri. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the grey wolf is listed as a federally endangered species in the lower 48 states, except in Minnesota and where there are non-essential experimental populations.

Beringer said the MDC has never stocked wolves and has no plans to restore them to Missouri.

[bigben]

That thing looks alot like wolf. 

[securpro]

I think I'd have tomount that one, I mean have that one mounted  Damn 104 lbs thats big.....

[FinsnFur]

I can't believe thats actually a coyote. It's head looks more like a Siberian Huskies head.

But if it is a coyote, can you IMAGINE how much hamburger that'd make?

[Todd Rahm]

Looks kinda wolfish to me?

[vayotehowler]

can u imagine , how much , sheep, deer , calf , pig,  burger that thing already ate.  I hear somewhere a coyote has to eat it's own weight everyweek to sustain it size, not usre about that fact but heard it somewhere

[Bills Custom Calls]

Ya hear stories and see pics of what a coyote weighing 25 - 40 pounds can do.I would bet this one has tried a full grown elk

[coyotehunter_1]

100 pound pure coyote? 

Those "scientists" really need to recalibrate their DNA machine, I call bull crap on this one. 

[pitw]

100 pound pure coyote? 

Those "scientists" really need to recalibrate their DNA machine, I call bull crap on this one. 

You find it UNBELIEVABLE  .

[coyotehunter_1]

A 100% pure coyote that weighs 104 pounds?
Do I find that unbelievable? Yep, Barry... I must say I do. But then again I don't believe in Bigfoot or little green men from Mars either.  

[pitw]

A 100% pure coyote that weighs 104 pounds?
Do I find that unbelievable? Yep, Barry... I must say I do. But then again I don't believe in Bigfoot or little green men from Mars either. 

Hey I'll go for the little green men before I'll go for the 104 lb coyote .  Getting one over 50lbs around here is tough so doubling it would really be stretching it.

[Bills Custom Calls]

Chet I think My ESPN is kicking in here,I seen your last post about 20 minutes before you posted it.

No really I read it,I left and came back 10 minutes later and it was gone and now it is here again  

As for big foot sightings and green men from mars I really think you should get the SYFI channel man that stuff is for real  

[coyotehunter_1]

 
Bill I thought I had replied to Barry but when I came back it was gone... I then re-posted. 

Little green men, I reckon

[Bills Custom Calls]

Ok Then

It isn't just me then 

[coyotehunter_1]

  I was bouncing back and forth between FnF and MS Word, I must of deleted my post by mistake. 

That's my story and I'm sticking to it. 

[Bills Custom Calls]

  I really thought it was those damn voices again 

[coyotehunter_1]

You too, Bill? I heard strange voices once...

then I realized I had hit an emergency key on my cell phone and accidentally called 911. Hello... HeLLO... HELLO, THIS IS 911.... ANYONE THERE?


I told them I was a little green man from mars... I'll be getting out of "the home" soon.    





104 pound coy-ote, Aye?    

[KySongDog]

If we got 104 pound coyotes running around now,  things could get real interesting in the woods.   



It looks like maybe some kind of coydog to me.   

[bambam]

That pic looks like someone's pet dog.

[slagmaker]

Welll theres one thing for sure...... It's dead now.