Jmacaroni25

Jmacaroni25 t1_iuix5zx wrote

Reply to comment by DaddyBobMN in Something killed and devoured a deer in my yard last night. Thought it was coyotes, but they don't decapitate... coywolves, actual wolves? What could have done this..... (Northern Vermont) by WheezeThaJuice

They actually have wolves out west though... They don't call coyotes coydogs. And they are actually living in small numbers in the wild so don't you think the coyotes there would have wolf DNA also??? It's because it's colder here with more extreme winters so the animal needs more of a fat reserve and thicker fur.

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Jmacaroni25 t1_iui4fk9 wrote

Reply to comment by jonnyredshorts in Something killed and devoured a deer in my yard last night. Thought it was coyotes, but they don't decapitate... coywolves, actual wolves? What could have done this..... (Northern Vermont) by WheezeThaJuice

Yeah eastern coyote. It's a coyote. Coydog is kinda a wives tail slang word for big coyote. I've only hear older Vermont's refer to them as coydogs. Or people who don't realize they are just coyotes. They aren't huge either. Wicked fluffy but usually weigh 50lbs or less full grown. Coydogs, coyotes, tomato, Toma'to

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Jmacaroni25 t1_iui3c8n wrote

Reply to comment by NobodySpecific in Something killed and devoured a deer in my yard last night. Thought it was coyotes, but they don't decapitate... coywolves, actual wolves? What could have done this..... (Northern Vermont) by WheezeThaJuice

Thats still just a coyote. They dont howl like wolves. Wolves are 3 times larger than any of these. And there are no wolves in Vermont and haven't been since at least the early 1900's. 90% of the state was unforested sheep farming pasture. They wolves that may have been here before 1900 were either killed or migrated north to Canada. So that would be 100s of generations of offspring that may have at one point had grey wolf DNA. However if they still have any wolves DNA it's no different than your pet dog having wolfe DNA. And no that doesn't make your Boston terrier and Boston terriwolf

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Jmacaroni25 t1_iuglzrv wrote

Reply to Something killed and devoured a deer in my yard last night. Thought it was coyotes, but they don't decapitate... coywolves, actual wolves? What could have done this..... (Northern Vermont) by WheezeThaJuice

Coyotes will literally leave a carcass completely stripped of flesh in just a few hours. If a larger pack was to find it, that would probably just be bone. Leads me to believe it was one or two coyotes not a whole pack. Coywolfs aren't real by the way. Just coyotes with a winter coat that looks a lot bigger than you would think.

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