Coyote color range?

[Ol' Smokey]

Yesterday I twice caught a brief glimpse of what looked like a coyote, from about 150 yards away.

What struck me was that, at least in those lighting conditions, he looked almost black. I've only ever seen fairly pale red or tan tinged coyotes here in south/central Ontario.

Have any coyote hunters here seen really dark color morphs?

I'll be setting out trail cams today!

 

[3macs1]

Yep. Everything from red to yellow to black here taken from time to time down this way and seen pics posted here also of black in Ontario

 

[Adrian J Hare]

I've killed 2 blacks in Ontario and have seen a half dozen more. I find they are the smartest of them all ...

 

[DMS1]

I've killed 2 blacks in Ontario and have seen a half dozen more. I find they are the smartest of them all ...

+1 The black ones we have dogged over the years seemed more apt to get behind us than go where we wanted them too

Posted in another thread, some examples of colors:

 

[titch--]

Most of the dogs around this year seem darker then usual too

 

[5440fight]

Did any of the darker ones have collars, and come when you whistled?

 

[Ol' Smokey]

Did any of the darker ones have collars, and come when you whistled?

Lol!

I want to be sure this fella is a coyote and not a dog. It appears to be hanging around the property, as my spotting of him coincided with several days of new trails.

If he's a coyote, he might be administered 75 grains of get-the-hell-outta-here.

 

[drifter dave]

Plenty of stories around of peoples dogs being shot.
Id be pretty pissed if it were my dog. Make certain.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

And then, just to confuse the issue, some wolves are colored very much like coyotes.

Grizz

 

[DMS1]

Plenty of stories around of peoples dogs being shot.
Id be pretty pissed if it were my dog. Make certain.

I scoped one a few years ago, almost snow white against the snow, thought it was a dog until is started moving, it was a coyote, and was behind the trees. I've seen some pretty light ones, but this one was possibly albino.

 

[Adrian J Hare]

HaHaHa Nope but when I cried like a rabbit hurt they seem to like that ! LOL

Did any of the darker ones have collars, and come when you whistled?

 

[Adrian J Hare]

Thus the reason to keep them tied up and not let run at large. That is not something I would want to do, but I'm not sure I would mix one up running to a caller.

Plenty of stories around of peoples dogs being shot.
Id be pretty pissed if it were my dog. Make certain.

 

[BrotherRockeye]

I scoped one a few years ago, almost snow white against the snow, thought it was a dog until is started moving, it was a coyote, and was behind the trees. I've seen some pretty light ones, but this one was possibly albino.

They run from white to black and everything in between here.
I took one with my bow 30 some years ago that we called a silver. It was pretty much all white except for some gray down it's back. Wasn't an albino.

 

[5440fight]

Nature has an amazing variety of anomalies. That's how I explained this coyote to my wife:

Joking, I love animals. Not the taste... well some... and not in a sick way, (I got to that site by accident, many words in the description, the important ones were not noticed). I'm going to stop talking now.

 

[FLHTCUI]

Seen one this summer that wa as yellow as the hay feild he was hunting in.
The things you see when you dont have a gun in yer hand or a camera for that matter
Rob

 

[tracker]

 

[FLHTCUI]

tracker, I like the color phase of those two yotes.
Especially the one with the red tinge/hi-lites.
Rob

 

[Becatsa]

Saw 3 blacks and a blonde in Milton today. Lots of jet black ones around this year.

 

[DVXDUDE]

Orange Phase.

Silver (My fav)