Does This Look Like A Coyote to You?

Thanks!

What tells you he's young - just the size?

I've seen him a couple times on the cam now, as early as 10pm and as late as 5am, but always while dark.

I'm mildly concerned about my daughters dog - a little poodle mix that's about 25 pounds.

What do you guys think i should do? Anything? Or just ignore it.

Thanks
 
Callee said:
Thanks!

What tells you he's young - just the size?

I've seen him a couple times on the cam now, as early as 10pm and as late as 5am, but always while dark.

I'm mildly concerned about my daughters dog - a little poodle mix that's about 25 pounds.

What do you guys think i should do? Anything? Or just ignore it.

Thanks
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Your dog is the perfect size for a meal.

A colleague lost her West Highland Terrier to a coyote while they were packing their van to return from a weekend in Canmore, AB. By her account, they were all outside when it happened. The thing was snatched and gone before they knew it.
Coyotes are opportunistic predators that adapt very well to urban settings. Pets are definitely on the menu.
 
Yup coyote. Don't kid yourself. It's not the only one. They will take the poodle first chance they get


Not sure what you can do in semi rural, You can trap them but when does that end?

I see coyote tracks on our farm laneway all the time. They walk 50 yards from my dog kennel with 3 walker hounds that run coyotes for a living. They aren't afraid of that, They aren't afraid of house dogs.
 
Callee said:
Caught this guy hanging around the back of my shop where the raccoon trap is. Looks for sure like a coyote to me, but hard to see on this trail cam so i thought i'd post here for confirmation.

What do you think?

Never had coyote on our property before so far as i know, this is a somewhat settled semi-rural area.

Thanks!

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yup he will invite your dog to dinner and he has friends talk to a local old trapper or buy a 330 conibear trap read up on decontaminating and handling BE CAUTIOUS treat it like a loaded gun.....reserch the application NIP IT IN THE BUD....COYOTES HAVE NO RULES good luck don
 
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My friends Britt got tore up by a coyote and the vet bill was 2K, I was lucky with my 7 month old Britt 3 years ago when a coyote made a try on him as my older bigger boy got in the way and held it off till I got close enough to end the situation with my 12 gauge. If a coyote was hanging around my place I'd turn it into a good coyote pronto.
 
If you can send a shot their way whenever you see them, they will respect you, in fact it's unlikely you ever will see them. If on the other hand you act like a passive rabbit, as city people are forced to do, they will not.
 
coyoteshooter said:
yup he will invite your dog to dinner and he has friends talk to a local old trapper or buy a 330 conibear trap read up on decontaminating and handling BE CAUTIOUS treat it like a loaded gun.....reserch the application NIP IT IN THE BUD....COYOTES HAVE NO RULES good luck don
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Thanks. What are the laws about the use of body hold traps in ontario?

I know on one hand that regular hunters are not allowed to use them for hunting, and that out in the bush only licensed trappers can use them.

But the conservation act does authorise us to "harass, capture or kill" problem wildlife on our own property. It's doesn't specify how we can do that, but to me it makes sense that if it authorises us to capture or kill them, then we'd be able to use a body-hold trap to do it. But it does not explicitly say that anywhere that i can see.

Does anyone know?
 
That’s a coyote for sure but seems like there are a few coy dogs down around Hamilton and Toronto working down there we would see them walking the streets middle of the day no fear of humans at all really ugly critters
 
The photos shown in the OP is definitely a coyote.

What would you guys say this one is…..

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I agree, it's a wolf. The fact that they hybridized with the 'yotes east of Algonquin Park, and continue to do so, makes ID tricky around here but that critter easily crosses the wolf line.
 
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The photos shown in the OP is definitely a coyote.

What would you guys say this one is…..

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These are what we shoot 90% of the time in south eastern Ontario. They’re definitely a hybrid and have little fear of anything. Love eating cats and dogs. A friend of mine worked 12 hour shifts so he use too walk his dog early in the morning and showed me numerous videos taken with his phone of cats being carried away. Trotting rite down the middle of the street like they owned it. This one weighed just eh of 65 lbs. Shot with a muzzleloader at 125 yards with a 250gr Barnes tmzIMG_2642.jpg
 

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I still call them coyotes. But they must be a mutt with a bit of wolf in them. Wider face, Bigger bone structure, But more coyote than anything else. We've shot lots in 40-50lbs, But this one just looked different. He weights 54lbs, was with 2 other coyotes that looked half the size. I just aimed for this one lol
Shot about hour north of Toronto
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