Wolves or Coyotes along I-65 just north of Lebanon

[Ravekid]

Originally Posted by Capt. Dan

I watched a National Geographic show a few years back and I think I remember them saying that the last CONFIRMED sighting of a wolf in Indiana was 1900. They did say that coyotes are becoming more prevalent as the deer population explodes. In 1969 while swimming at Miller beach in Gary, we watched 2 coyotes come after a little dog that was walking with its owner down the beach. the little dog leapt into the owners arms and after growling a few times they ran away. It was quite scary that the coyotes didnt seem to mind that there were several hundred people on the beach!

The last wolf sighting in Indiana was June 2003 in east central Indiana. The wolf was found shot dead in a farmers field. The "Official" word is that this wolf, tagged from Wisconsin, made it all the way from Wisconsin, around the Chicago metro area, all the way through Indiana, before being killed between Cincinnati and Indianapolis.

Well, on a predator hunter forum, someone posted that the "unofficial" story is that DNR trapped two wolves, a male and female, and released them in rural mid-southern Indiana to see what they would do. It is said that they separated and didn't stick around together. Well, my co-worker checked this forum the next day, and that thread was deleted.

Originally Posted by rugrat

I believe that there are several counties in Indiana that you can shoot Coyotes at any time of the year.

Indiana law is pretty clear:
IC 14-22-6-12
Taking of coyotes
Sec. 12. A person:
(1) who possesses land; or
(2) designated in writing by a person who possesses land;
may take coyotes on the land at any time.

However, there are various county/city/town ordinances, most which restrict using firearms (some include _anything_ that shoots a projectile) within so many feet of a residential structure.