I live in upstate NY on a small live stock farm. I have TC Footage of eastern coyotes - they look about the size of a husky with a long bushy wolf like tail. Without question the ones I've seen are pushing 60 lbs with a thick neck, back and chest. They have thick fur which does not appear to cover skin and bones - like many experts would have you believe. And despite what I continue to read - they do not look "all leggy", and timid or weak. I think an encounter, in the woods, with what I've seen on my Trail Cams - would be unpleasant. We keep our animals locked up at night and do not go into the woods at night, twilight or at day break...

I'm in Northern California with 3 fields surrounding my home. Lots of people have chickens and goats, horses, etc. I am aware there's also a mountain lion that lives in the back of my property - I think I saw one of her cubs walk by me (because noticed a black tip on tail), also foxes, coyotes and now I believe coywolves. I listen to the sounds and can distinguish the difference. As long as they do not hurt my horses or dog, I'm okay. I leave everyone alone, even the deer. Not sure if I had chickens if they would try to get them. Noticed they were hunting this week at least four times a night which kept me up all night a few nights.

Eastern Coyotes are remarkable animals that are going to be (have been) very successful. Hell - they’ve been around for 1 million years. That didn’t happen by accident. I’ve read there’s been breeding of Eastern Wolves and Eastern Coyotes in Ontario... the male off spring can weigh up to 70 lbs. Just a marvelous animal!

Untrue, Mark Fraser! Coywolves attacked and killed a 22 yo woman in a state park, in broad day light with other people very near. Then, they stood guard over the dead woman's body indicating their plans to consume it, but were ultimately shot by law enforcement. These animals populate forests within New York metropolitan region where kids like us used to play. Their increase has made them more dangerous due to decreasing sustainability, aka they've run out of room. I just hope your mischaracterization doesn't cost anyone, especially any child or senior their lives.

@MetaliCanuck

5 жыл бұрын

they were actually pure coyotes, dna was tested .

I wish the Discovery channel and National Geographic did as honest a documentary as this one. Thanks...

On Cape cod Massachusetts their plenty.

Thanks to Mark and Jonathan. I am a dog trainer and my interest in canine behavior has driven me to study the behavior of coywolves in Rehoboth, MA for the past fourteen years. I have tracked two packs regularly with my Australian Shepherds, recorded vocalizations, and learned much about their habits. I can only speak for the ones I've studied, but I can say for certain that avoiding humans is among their highest priorities. Rehoboth is fairly rural and they are able to live the way they like here. I suspect that conflicts with people are more likely in more settled areas, but a Coywolf that is bold around people is certainly not the norm. We tend to judge wildlife by the worst behaved individuals. What would happen if humans were judged this way?

It is something like big foot story. I never saw one. All regular coyotes.

Coywolves are actually more common than most people think. The Eastern wolves are actually coywolves themselves, ~58% of their DNA is Grey wolf, the rest being coyote, therefore a cross between an Eastern wolf and coyote counts as backcrossing and adding more coyote into the genepool. The Buffalo wolf is also a coywolf, being of a higher Grey wolf content and the Red wolf is 75% coyote and only 25% Grey wolf. There are still those trying to pigeonhole the Eastern wolves into a distinct species.

@MetaliCanuck

5 жыл бұрын

REALLY. There is absolutely 0% grey wolf in any Eastern wolf . Ones a species and the others a sub species lol. Both have combined but to call an eastern a grey is lucadris considering they are a RED wolf genetic base mixed with a coyote lol.

@RickC--fn5om

5 жыл бұрын

​@@MetaliCanuck​You should consider typing and expressing yourself more eloquently if you want to be taken seriously. Lucas could be your role model in that department. www.livescience.com/55586-wolves-only-one-species.html For those who are wondering what the truth is now.

Another reason you shouldn't feed Coyotes, Coywolves, or Wolves in the wild is that when you feed them, they lose their fear of humans and become more dangerous to people. While it is very unlikely that a coyote or coywolf will attack a person, the few cases where people have been bitten have often been linked to animals that had been repeatedly fed (or the person was walking a dog. Seriously, if there are coyotes or coywolves in your area, don't walk your dog at night. Almost half of all reported coyote bites are from people who were trying to break up a fight between their dog and a coyote.)

@reign6of6e6terror

2 жыл бұрын

They eat mices ,rats and squirrels How can they are a dangerous for humans so ???

Is that the coyote tail on the coywolf?

These CoyWolf are very special animals. They have a black spot on their tails which are just like the ones on a full wolf. Which is part of their scent gland. They are beautiful animals. They need to be protected just like the wolves. Wolves and CoyWolf have a purpose on this earth, just like the wolves in other parts of the United States.

@samanthaholley4720

5 жыл бұрын

I agree we should protect them because they are special

you guys spent three hours trying to get the shot? If you would have just sat down, shut up, and put the food down, been completely still, you would probably have had it in 15 minutes. For all the time you say you have spent in the forest and your apparent skill and expertise, I was astonished at your level of ham-handedness in this video. You couldn't have gotten close to a shy shelter dog with these methods.

@Katmundu

6 жыл бұрын

Coyotes, coy dogs, or coy wolves are not bad animals, but if they see your cat wandering around in their territory, Fluffy is toast. People need to use common sense and never feed these animals or leave food outdoors

@MetaliCanuck

5 жыл бұрын

@@Katmundu say that to the male coyote who tried to ambush my 16 yr old male fixed grey tabby right in the driveway one day in front of us. Cat had every paw stuck in him on the initial ambush. Coyote precedes to tuck tail and run with the cat stuck into him still HAHA. Cat retracted its claws fell off chased the 50-60lb pussy straight across the road into the bush. Cat came strolling back after looking both ways to cross the road to come back in the yard and start rubbing up on our legs. Too many narrow minded or one track minded people with no perspective on anything spreading BS. Some cats are trained killers and are very aware. That same cat I saw take 2 red foxes on plenty of times before I got him in the house. Were theres a will theres a way.

Beauty animal His fur are fuller and her social scills are higher us from the coyote only

I wonder if there are comparison studies with coywolves and coydogs -coydog owners have said their dogs have behavior traits which suggest a more feral personality - more brain matter as it were. Mark F. has an interesting accent, it seems to pitch between a rich deep, almost husky thoughtful tone to an almost midwest - American tone with a Steve Irwin enthusiastic entonation

I wonder if there are any of these in Florida? I live in Tampa Florida and saw a very big coyote 2 years ago. it was so big that at first sight I thought it was a dog. then I thought it was a wolf, what was pretty sure there were not any wolves in Florida. it had the coloring of a coyote but was very big. maybe a coyote dog or a coyote wolf but it was bigger than ones I've seen on tv. anyone know if they come this far south?

@christopherrussell343

10 жыл бұрын

They pretty much live everywhere in North America.

@southernohiotrailcamvideos8749

7 жыл бұрын

Christopher Russell Not exactly. They are very common north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi. The wolf DNA decreases farther south they go. Though the last remaining red wolf pack was discovered in Louisiana.So there is some wild card blood in the southeast.and more in Texas from Mexican wolf crossing.canis Latrans var is the only known consistent coyote wolf hybrid other than the red wolf that exists today.current range is eastern Canada south to wva and west to Ohio.

@gscurka

5 жыл бұрын

Susan Camp Most likely u saw this animal with its winter coat so it appeared larger than it actually was. I have a home in florida as well and coyotes here are much smaller than the ones around my home in Massachusetts. Look for coyotes of tewksbury on youtube u will see my videos, including adults and new born pups. I havebeen documenting for 2 yrs now and have footage of a mom and dad and 2 litters to date.

Be careful with your portrayal I live next to a forest with lots of wildlife including coywolves and I cannot afford to paint coywolves as "not dangerous" to my 2 and 3 years olds or any small sized child under 10. Out here that can be a fatal mistake.

Now I understand why The Big Bad Wolf ranked number 1 on Animal Planet's Most Extreme: Misunderstood Monsters Edition.

East Coast coyotes are larger then West Coast coyotes. I think it's the choices of pray and the environment.

@almac9203

3 жыл бұрын

It's the genetics. The East coast coyote has some wolf DNA so it's a bigger animal.

Oh boy… here comes the coywolf/ eastern coyote argument.

Yeah but that looks like a coyote though, there are people that have actually seen wolves in NH and it doesn't look like that.

GULP .....we have a pack of 8 in our area. Terrified to put my 13 lb Shiah Tzu out.

Cou wolf??

i love wolfs but a coywolf killed my dog and attacks them every night but jost today they attacked my other dog so as long as they leve my pets alown i think thare cool

@bretwaldabjorn5657

6 жыл бұрын

TheAnimal Craft get German shepherds and Caucasian shepherds

Coywolf lol. That’s Bigfoot’s favorite breed.

I live in Northern Colorado. Me and a buddy of mine were actually hunted one time, by 5-6 of those beasts. It was the craziest/most intense moment of my life. Broad daylight. I know they wanted my dog and puppy at the time. But I had put them both in the house. Then casually walked towards the lil dots we had seen that were moving towards us, after we put my dogs inside. I didn't think wed get close, shit close enough to even see them. We got farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr too fuckin close lol. The alpha males head/chest was MASSIVE. Very interesting creature. but def not shy of humans like full wolves. but def were not coyotes..... they hunt in packs and were like at least twice the size of any coyote I've ever seen in my life. Shit was crazy lol

@hurricane1nox

7 жыл бұрын

but wtf dude said he had one run up to him and was 3 feet from his face, close enough to see its pupils dilate. 1:40. 4:20 but he cant believe how beautiful they are "close up" at 50-100 ft? hmmmmm.. Maybe he confused 8:20 with the story he mentioned at 1:40........? 3 feet is fucking close as fuck. Look 3 feet in front of you right now. A wild one is going to run up a hill get that close to someone..? That one that's been fed by people EVERY day wouldn't get 3 ft near him as he was throwing food at it....Not saying hes lying cuz idk. But if that did in fact happen, and it very well could have, but you can bet your ass it wasn't by itself. Ahd he was surrounded by at least 2-4 more of them. Lucky as shit they weren't hungry. I've made eye contact with an alpha male, who had serious implications of finding out what I taste like. Maybe because the ones I made contact with are in Colorado, more of a plains habitat. and those ones are much further north. but the alpha I saw, I have a ~100lb pit. This thing was MUCH MUCH larger then her. Larger then those ones as well, in the enclosure. They weren't that color either. They were more black, but silver/grey wasn't the dominant color on any of them. It looked like a giant ass german shepard x2. That things chest was easily the width of my body and its head looked like a bear. Massive animal

@hurricane1nox

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sry I'm really not tryin to be a dick or anything and I really like the fact that you're tryin to bring more attention/information of these creatures. but "something magical?" 7:07 .....you couldn't believe that a caged animal came and ate some food you threw on the ground in front of you. n like the other person comment previously, that shouldn't have taken near that long to get that shot.... those are not wild.

Bring real wolves. They will get rid off coywolves.

What will happen eventually is more and more humans will feed these Coywolves and a bond will develop causing coywolves to act like the family dog if any strange smelling human walks near the humans and property it has bonded with = pack territory!

They are omnivores, not carnivores

what ever mother earth does, DO NOT INTERFERE SO LET THEM FREE IN THE WILD stop putting them in cages

You can proclaim them to be what you think and give them any name that excites you!! Show me the genetics and put an end to this bullshit!!!

They're all over the Bronx

Love how u call them coywolfs when doing ur show when no respectable source is around ..but call them coyotes when professional is around lol..theybare coyotes just like there isn't a rare breed of wolf in Algonquin.. there isn't coywolfs either ..I deal with coyotes daily for living.. this guy is lost truly

People who don’t see predators on a regular basis think they are beautiful and wonderful and breathtaking. They attribute pet and human aspects inaccurately. People who deal with them daily as predators while trying to earn a living raising goats or sheep see them very differently. Coy wolves killed one of my Livestock guardian dogs protecting our flock. I won’t be feeding them anything but lead.

@brendanmorin9935

4 жыл бұрын

If one of your livestock guardian dogs died, then that’s means you didn’t have enough dogs. And that’s on you

Coyotes are NOT strictly carnivores! They eat fruit, some species eat ONLY fruit. I doubt the coywolf is much different. Please stop type-casting them as carnivores.

@eledhwenmare2403

4 жыл бұрын

Berta Nelson Watermelon tomatoes and zucchini ☺️ here in Tx

@davidjenson4512

4 жыл бұрын

'Apples here in Maine. They eat a lot of apples! Thanks for calling them Coyotes. Technically, they are Eastern Coyotes.

@zebedeemadness2672

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidjenson4512 Based on the fact that "Eastern coyotes" are not a sub-species of the Prairie wolf "Coyote"-(Canis latrans). They are the result of mass hybridisation between Gray wolf-(Canis lupus), Prairie wolf-(Canis latrans), Algonquin wolf-(Canis lycaon), Domestic dog-(Canis familiaris). I think it's wrong to call them "Eastern coyotes". Found a name that works as it's not Pacific in any which way other than colour tone, Tweed wolf-(Canis sp).

@davidjenson4512

3 жыл бұрын

@@zebedeemadness2672 Maine state game biologists have found a preponderance of coyote genetics in our local animals. 'Not sure where you got your information, but it seems to be a little dated. Hunters and trappers here call them coyotes.

@zebedeemadness2672

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidjenson4512 The word coyote is just there common name, it has no scientific value, something people are lazy. Tweed wolves-(Canis sp) maybe dominant in Prairie wolf-(Canis latrans) DNA, but they also carry other (Canis) DNA, so they are not a Eastern form of the Western Prairie wolf-(Canis latrans), but rather hybrid (Canis latrans/lycaon/lupus/familiaris).

They are Eastern Coyotes, not coy wolfs. That is a misnomer.