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Matador
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That looks to be a big yoke. Good pic.
ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER
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Shoot it
You might make a neighbor mad if you shoot his dog. Lol
easy45
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chart1300":1ogl09b5 said:
Except that's not a dog.
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Mike Belt
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Healthy
KJK
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Agree. He is thick and healthy. I would prob have to hunt him a bit.
Hunt 365
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He'd make a nice rug!
guys I could be wrong but it look like a young red wolf and not a coyote.
Red Wolf ..... ......... ... coyote
Red Wolf ..... ......... ... coyote
Beginning in 1991, red wolves were also released into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern Tennessee. ... Other red wolves have been released on the coastal islands in Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina as part of the captive breeding management plan.
FLTENNHUNTER1
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TNGRIZZLY_":ur8h0yi7 said:
WOW
I had no idea!
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Definitely could be a red wolf. If a coyote it's a biggin
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csi-tech
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I agree 100% given your geographic location. That looks like a juvenile red wolf to me.
TheLBLman
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Should this be a red wolf, it's certainly possible it could have migrated here from some place "legally" reintroduced, or he could simply be an escaped (or purposefully "released") captive.
But apparently, they cannot compete well with coyotes (and will cross-breed, thus eliminating the pure "red" line genetics).
Personally, I think I'd rather have the red wolves than the coyotes, but that doesn't appear to be a viable option.
More info to put this in perspective from the U.S. Wish & Wildlife Service:
"We are moving forward on a path to red wolf recovery." --- May 25, 2017
https://www.fws.gov/redwolf/
Meanwhile, this is kinda how it officially has ended up at LBL:
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/red-wolf-pup/
No telling how many different species have been secretly "reintroduced" by some who believe "the end justifies the means", and that they themselves are "above the law", or "they know best" (sometimes because of their profession or training). Certainly not under the radar, but it was the "experts" who gave us our Asian Carp.
Did we ever hear any more ideas about how the female cougar (DNA'd from North Dakota) "found" it's way into West TN last year?
At about this same time, there were also extensive plans pondered to establish a Red Wolf population at LBL.TNGRIZZLY_":2nt0cx92 said:
But apparently, they cannot compete well with coyotes (and will cross-breed, thus eliminating the pure "red" line genetics).
Personally, I think I'd rather have the red wolves than the coyotes, but that doesn't appear to be a viable option.
More info to put this in perspective from the U.S. Wish & Wildlife Service:
"We are moving forward on a path to red wolf recovery." --- May 25, 2017
https://www.fws.gov/redwolf/
Meanwhile, this is kinda how it officially has ended up at LBL:
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/red-wolf-pup/
No telling how many different species have been secretly "reintroduced" by some who believe "the end justifies the means", and that they themselves are "above the law", or "they know best" (sometimes because of their profession or training). Certainly not under the radar, but it was the "experts" who gave us our Asian Carp.
Did we ever hear any more ideas about how the female cougar (DNA'd from North Dakota) "found" it's way into West TN last year?
TheLBLman
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By the way, without DNA, it's near impossible to distinguish a red wolf from a coyote.
Although the red wolves average a little larger, they overlap in both size and color patterns.
A big coyote is much larger than a small red wolf.
I suspect this one in the pic is just a big coyote,
but wouldn't be shocked if his DNA showed a little red wolf lineage (such as 94% coyote, 6% red wolf).
Although the red wolves average a little larger, they overlap in both size and color patterns.
A big coyote is much larger than a small red wolf.
I suspect this one in the pic is just a big coyote,
but wouldn't be shocked if his DNA showed a little red wolf lineage (such as 94% coyote, 6% red wolf).
thelblman: I agree that it could be a cross breed. Up north the coyote and timber wolfs breed together and they are called a coywolf, so this could be a new breed of predator and hopefully we get to name it the Red coywolf of TN.
I enjoy reading and watching stuff on the history of native animals and also how the new release ones survived. Just look at the elk and how they have done. Although some people on here thinks that the elk has brought the blue tongue in our state, I have not read or heard any sound evidence on that. Did You?
Did you know that they used to be buffalo in Tennessee? It is a bigger body then it cousin out west. They live in Canada and Alaska now and they are striving.
Personally, I think I'd rather have the red wolves than the coyotes, but that doesn't appear to be a viable option
Did we ever hear any more ideas about how the female cougar (DNA'd from North Dakota) "found" it's way into West TN last year?[/quote]
as far as I know and read that it just traveled south along the water way, I also heard that some might have came north from Florida. But for they to be females that mean they are now set up and will start to populate in TN. Now I think it is cool to have them, but I do not think we have enough land to support them and to keep them away from the public. They will do fine for a while ( many years) on our deer and hogs, but after awhile they will start to be a problem to livestock and house pets.
TheLbLman I hope we dint hijack this post. :tu:
If we did Sorry to the OP.
I enjoy reading and watching stuff on the history of native animals and also how the new release ones survived. Just look at the elk and how they have done. Although some people on here thinks that the elk has brought the blue tongue in our state, I have not read or heard any sound evidence on that. Did You?
Did you know that they used to be buffalo in Tennessee? It is a bigger body then it cousin out west. They live in Canada and Alaska now and they are striving.
Personally, I think I'd rather have the red wolves than the coyotes, but that doesn't appear to be a viable option
Did we ever hear any more ideas about how the female cougar (DNA'd from North Dakota) "found" it's way into West TN last year?[/quote]
as far as I know and read that it just traveled south along the water way, I also heard that some might have came north from Florida. But for they to be females that mean they are now set up and will start to populate in TN. Now I think it is cool to have them, but I do not think we have enough land to support them and to keep them away from the public. They will do fine for a while ( many years) on our deer and hogs, but after awhile they will start to be a problem to livestock and house pets.
TheLbLman I hope we dint hijack this post. :tu:
If we did Sorry to the OP.
