Our Coyotes F**ked the Wolves

Jeepster, you are on the right track, there has been evidence of cross breeding with grey wolves and also feral dogs. When I lived in Quebec the biggest one I personally shot weighed 52lbs and he,it was a male, was big!
 
DrawBlood said:
Now I know why you don't dance with full beers...
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To insinuate that I would dance with anything full, is purely speculative and may imply that I have "filled er up".... Which is purely 'rummer'ative, (excuse me), with no founded truths..... I sir, have never woke up with anything full.......................
But dam those that have spilled!!!!!!!!!
 
Unfortunately here in Nova Scotia we have the same problem with what I believe to be the same DNA chain of Coy-Wolf as I call them. I have a gun nearby at all times for them and I believe the ticket to be .270 win, 130 gr. That or a 12g with 3" #4 buck.
 
One of the last coyote’s I shot was with my M77 in 7mm; I had just got it and was itching to try it out. I was not hunting for pelts and its good thing too, as the exit-hole in its back from the 140gr Partion was the size of a dinner plate.
The vast majority of guys out here in Southern Alberta who hunt them on a religious basis – up to 70-plus each shot per winter on average – use almost exclusively the .22-250. But shots are usually a minimum of the 300 to 375 meter mark across large areas of stubble or pasture, which is a little far for a .233. But I would expect ranges to be shorter in most of Newfoundland, except on the barren tundra like in the southern Avalon Peninsula. But as always YMMV.
 
brokenpine said:
But shots are usually a minimum of the 300 to 375 meter mark across large areas of stubble or pasture, which is a little far for a .233.
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223? Depends on what bullet you're shooting. The fast twist .223 can manage a much heavier bullet than the typically slower twist .22-250, and use it to reach way out there.

But I would expect ranges to be shorter in most of Newfoundland, except on the barren tundra like in the southern Avalon Peninsula. But as always YMMV.
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Ranges do tend to be shorter, except on the barrens, as you say, and unfortunately, in much of our terrain a coyote can often approach or circle downwind of you without you ever knowing he was there. Or, when do you see him, he just suddenly appears out of nowhere. Its not at all like out West where you can often see them a mile away.
 
Some of the late genetic research summary on Eastern Coyotes and Eastern Wolves are assembled here;
h ttp://www.wildlifetech.com/pages/necoyote.htm
 
CV32 said:
223? Depends on what bullet you're shooting. The fast twist .223 can manage a much heavier bullet than the typically slower twist .22-250, and use it to reach way out there.



Ranges do tend to be shorter, except on the barrens, as you say, and unfortunately, in much of our terrain a coyote can often approach or circle downwind of you without you ever knowing he was there. Or, when do you see him, he just suddenly appears out of nowhere. Its not at all like out West where you can often see them a mile away.
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Do you know where the hills are between Marystown/ Spanish Room and Boat Harbour? I don't think it would be too hard to see them coming from there, but there is always a chance of them sneaking up behind you.
 
DrawBlood said:
Do you know where the hills are between Marystown/ Spanish Room and Boat Harbour? I don't think it would be too hard to see them coming from there, but there is always a chance of them sneaking up behind you.
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I do ... I lived on the Burin Peninsula a few years and I've hunted that area. That kind of open ground is about as good as it gets for being able to see them. Even so, I find that after 10-15 minutes of calling every glacial boulder and low shrub looks like a coyote. :)
 
struff55 said:
If they are as big as stated i wouldn't go out after them with anything less than a 300Mag. and maybe a shotgun over the shoulder for back up.
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?????? Huh ???? ... Go with the 223 or 22-250... Either will knock em down and will leave you with a nice hide to have tanned...
 
CV32 said:
I do ... I lived on the Burin Peninsula a few years and I've hunted that area. That kind of open ground is about as good as it gets for being able to see them. Even so, I find that after 10-15 minutes of calling every glacial boulder and low shrub looks like a coyote. :)
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I hunted whitetail in Ontario. I know what you mean. :p
 
CV32 said:
223? Depends on what bullet you're shooting. The fast twist .223 can manage a much heavier bullet than the typically slower twist .22-250, and use it to reach way out there.



Ranges do tend to be shorter, except on the barrens, as you say, and unfortunately, in much of our terrain a coyote can often approach or circle downwind of you without you ever knowing he was there. Or, when do you see him, he just suddenly appears out of nowhere. Its not at all like out West where you can often see them a mile away.
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Yes, of course bullet mass will always make up the difference.
 
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