i saw wolves..in central alabam

[skinem]

I'm over 50 years old and have NEVER heard of any such thing as this, anywhere. I'm a fisherman, hunter, backpacker and have spent much of my life roaming the outdoors down south, out west, Alaska, western Canada, and the NW Territories. I've hunted coyotes. I've never seen or heard of anything like the below story.

"Coyotes Kill Women on Hike in Canadian Park

TORONTO – Two coyotes attacked a promising young musician as she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries."

Remainder of story here--Coyotes kill woman on hike in Canadian park - Yahoo! News

[cornutt]

Saw a coyote in our back yard once, some years ago, when we lived in Madison. I thought it was a wolf too. It was early in the morning, and it was eating apples off of one of our trees. Weird, that; I didn't think they ate fruit.

I have seen bobcats several times: a couple of times on Monte Sano, and once on Green Mountain.

[friday13]

We have deer in Hingegate. And rabbits.

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by skinem

I'm over 50 years old and have NEVER heard of any such thing as this, anywhere. I'm a fisherman, hunter, backpacker and have spent much of my life roaming the outdoors down south, out west, Alaska, western Canada, and the NW Territories. I've hunted coyotes. I've never seen or heard of anything like the below story.

"Coyotes Kill Women on Hike in Canadian Park

TORONTO – Two coyotes attacked a promising young musician as she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries."

Remainder of story here--Coyotes kill woman on hike in Canadian park - Yahoo! News

I know of cases of people being attacked, mostly children. The Eastern yotes have wolf blood in them, different creature than the Western ones. They're bigger. Any yote that shows no fear of me I'll shoot, those are the dangerous ones. THe woman in Canada didn't have the option of being armed though.

[friday13]

Originally Posted by arctichomesteader

I know of cases of people being attacked, mostly children. The Eastern yotes have wolf blood in them, different creature than the Western ones. They're bigger. Any yote that shows no fear of me I'll shoot, those are the dangerous ones. THe woman in Canada didn't have the option of being armed though.

How can you tell what they are when they get together and procreate inter-species?.

[Threestep]

Originally Posted by cornutt

Saw a coyote in our back yard once, some years ago, when we lived in Madison. I thought it was a wolf too. It was early in the morning, and it was eating apples off of one of our trees. Weird, that; I didn't think they ate fruit.

I have seen bobcats several times: a couple of times on Monte Sano, and once on Green Mountain.

I spoke with a farmer in Wilsonville yesterday. Coyotes cleaned out his mellon patch:>))) Tracks, chew marks, hair - the works.

[Threestep]

Originally Posted by skinem

I'm over 50 years old and have NEVER heard of any such thing as this, anywhere. I'm a fisherman, hunter, backpacker and have spent much of my life roaming the outdoors down south, out west, Alaska, western Canada, and the NW Territories. I've hunted coyotes. I've never seen or heard of anything like the below story.

"Coyotes Kill Women on Hike in Canadian Park

TORONTO – Two coyotes attacked a promising young musician as she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries."

Remainder of story here--Coyotes kill woman on hike in Canadian park - Yahoo! News

I think, there is more to the story but we will probably never find out.

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by friday13

How can you tell what they are when they get together and procreate inter-species?.

There's been a fair amount of research, studying their DNA, etc. But, without going to a lab, the Eastern yotes are just bigger...full blooded wolves are bigger still...

[skinem]

Been around coyotes east and west and haven't really seen any difference in size as far as east and west goes. You've got me curious arctichomesteader...I'll have to pull some of my records out and compare.

Where are you heading in Alaska?

[boomer]

A neighbor of mine in Morgan county saw a large coyote in his yard so he called animal control. They said this coyote, being as large as he was, probably was a mixed breed with a large domestic dog.

We have a lot of wild dogs in our area so it is not to hard to see a coyote mixing with a large German shepherd or something similar.