Wolf or Coyote?

[Joe549]

Which one makes a 'yip yip howwwl'? Coming back to the camp last night I heard one start up down in one of the areas I had just left. It sounded off 3 or 4 times and it sounded as though there was just one of them.

 

[moose565]

Coyote.

 

[CyaN1de]

Sounds like a Coyote.

Yip yip howwwwl I believe is a challenge call.

Only time I have heard Wolves, they had a VERY deep howl, scared the bejeesus outta me.

 

[canucklehead]

The yipping and howl is a 'locater' type call for a coyote. If there are others in earshot, they'll normally pipe up.

Wolf howl sounds much different... no real yipping that i can remember... but i hear coyotes every night, and wolves only a few times while hunting.

 

[mlehtovaara]

You likely wouldn't here a wolf if it was close. Not until it's too late anyways. Then it would be a snarl or growl, and just like that your dead!

 

[Joe549]

I thought it was a coyote. I often hear the wolves howling at night and there are often a number of them sounding off at the same time and usually they are a fair distance off. This is the first time I've heard this yip yip howl and this close.

 

[Fall Guy]

I heard a few wolves howl briefly, around 8:00 am, during the deer hunt last week. It was pretty neat.

 

[H4831]

With the people who look to nature for weather forecasting, coyotes howling in the daytime is nearly a sure sign of a storm coming.
Wolves will howl anytime of the night or day. Much of their howling is related to chasing, or killing, big game.

 

[rebel01]

A mother wolf will usually get her pups yipping and howling as a form of play/training but it will usually end with a long drawn out call.I've heard it in the morning and early evening.My wife and I had the opportunity to actually see a mother and cubs doing this while scouting our moose area two years ago.It was in September.

 

[jethunter]

You likely wouldn't here a wolf if it was close. Not until it's too late anyways. Then it would be a snarl or growl, and just like that your dead!

I hate it when that happens. "You're dead" really screws up a good hunt.

 

[BigUglyMan]

Only time I have heard Wolves, they had a VERY deep howl, scared the bejeesus outta me.

Funny how that will wake you out of a dead sleep and make you sit bolt upright.

For a real abrupt rousing, you should hear hyenas and lions in your camp.

 

[mbogo3]

Ever had a cougar you can't see scream less than 50 yards away for a 1/2hr then vanish.Happened during spring bear baiting a couple years ago.Another cat down the valley answered then all was silent........Harold