Wolves In Southern Ontario

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Had an old lady tell me one evening that they have seen some wolves around Borden-Angus in Simco County.

I assumed she was on crack and It was probably a yote.

Whats the farthest south anyone has heard or seen a wolf ?
 
I saw a wolf standing in a field outside Orangeville about 25yrs ago. It was good light and only about 60yds and was in no way a coyote.



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Had a farmer call me one winter that he saw 6 coyotes crossing between two bushes in the snow. We got the dogs and checked out the tracks made by 6 turkey? He was sure of what he saw?
 
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I assumed she was on crack and It was probably a yote.
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I'm sure at one point or another a wolf has wandered into S. ontario but I doubt it happens very often.

Ontario coyotes are mostly tawny colored and large making them easy for people to confuse with our wolves wich are also mostly tawny colored. Another thing that makes it easy for people to mis-identify coyotes is that most people have never seen a live wolf outside the zoo and have no clue as to what one would look like anyways.
 
I have seen a wolf in Niagara.

No it wasn't a yot. this thing was big. Almost up to my waist. Ran by me about 20 feet away from my post. Some yahoos dog was chasing it.

Eastern Wolf IIRC
 
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the farthest south i've ever seen them is around Huntsville area. There are the odd "wolf" sighting around the erin/fergus area. I'm thinking its a big dark coyote. Maybe has a bit of wolf in it, but I highly doubt it was a full blown wolf though. Some people think the MNR released wolves to control the deer population. I don't believe it, and wont believe it until I see one myself.
 
Some info on the eastern wolf

The Eastern Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon), a distinct form of the Grey Wolf, lives in southern Ontario and Quebec. The Eastern Wolf differs from other subspecies of Grey Wolf in Canada: it is smaller, fawn-coloured with long black guard hairs on the back and sides, and the back of the ears are reddish. It is estimated that there are about 2,000 Eastern Wolves in Ontario and Quebec. Eastern Wolves live in groups called "packs," which typically number from 3-6 adults. Each pack has a home range that is loosely defended from neighbouring packs and may be as big as 500 km2. Eastern Wolves prey primarily on White-tailed Deer and Moose. A long-term study of wolves and moose on Isle Royale in Lake Superior showed that wolves kill mainly calves and very old adults weakened by injury and disease.
Status: Special Concern Provincially and Nationally
Range: The Eastern Wolf is found in Canada, from the Sault Ste. Marie area in Ontario to the Havre-Saint-Pierre region in Quebec. Historically, it is thought to have ranged from Nova Scotia west to Michigan, south to New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. Range Maps
Threats: The Eastern Wolf has disappeared from all of southern Ontario largely as a result of forest clearance and farmland development, and the subsequent loss of habitat. Wolves live in packs and require relatively large areas of unbroken forest. Wolves can be hunted in Ontario year-round and it is estimated that hunters kill about 10% of the population annually in Ontario.
Protection: The wolf is classed as a furbearer under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act (1997) and there is a regulated hunting season in Ontario. Wolves cannot be hunted in some provincial parks and reserves that they inhabit, including Algonquin Park which represents the largest protected area for Eastern Wolf in North America. In 2001, a new regulation closed the hunting and trapping season for wolves in 39 townships adjacent to Algonquin Park. In effect until 2004, this measure affords additional protection for wolf packs with home ranges that extend outside park boundaries. The new regulation was in response to recommendations from the Algonquin Wolf Advisory Group (AWAG), which was set up to advise government on the management of wolves in the Park.
Text Sources: Samson 2000; Van Zyll de Jong and Carbyn 1999
Last Modified Date: March 2008
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gth said:
I'm sure at one point or another a wolf has wandered into S. ontario but I doubt it happens very often.

Ontario coyotes are mostly tawny colored and large making them easy for people to confuse with our wolves wich are also mostly tawny colored. Another thing that makes it easy for people to mis-identify coyotes is that most people have never seen a live wolf outside the zoo and have no clue as to what one would look like anyways.
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And you would call this a coyote??

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DVXDUDE said:
the farthest south i've ever seen them is around Huntsville area. There are the odd "wolf" sighting around the erin/fergus area. I'm thinking its a big dark coyote. Maybe has a bit of wolf in it, but I highly doubt it was a full blown wolf though. Some people think the MNR released wolves to control the deer population. I don't believe it, and wont believe it until I see one myself.
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As far as I know wolves and coyotes are mortal enemies and wouldn't inter-breed.
But then I've never met a drunken wolf on ###### looking to get lucky
 
We have a "polluted" population of coyotes in and around the Cornwall area. I personally see 5-10 coyotes a week on the drive in to work from Bonville (20 km's from Cornwall). I saw a wolf this January. No two ways about it. 50 yards in front of my house in a field. The local newspaper has had a field day with the possibility of the MNR introducing a pack of wolves in the Lancaster area (20 km's east of Cornwall) because of the overflowing deer population. For the last 3 years, we've had sightings, as well as a documented attack on a human (which was covered by CTV in 2006) from a cougar! And again the word was that the MNR had introduced cougars to the area to depleat the deer population!
Has anyone else heard of things like this going on in southern Ontario?
 
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Saw 3 timber wolves {not coyotes}trotting along the e/b Q.E.W. in Mississauga during salmon season bout 7 years ago- common to come down the river valley during the run to feed on the carcasses - also bronte creek. I was partnered with an MNR enforcement officer then - he said IT WAS ESCAPED PETS ! - BULLSH!T - On midnights many years ago we used to see them feeding on garbage cans in Toronto ( they came down the Don Valley ) Oh yea - saw a mountain lion on steeles ave in milton bout 15 years ago - they range along the niagra escarpment. We had a lot of wolf complaints north of Milton for about 3 years - MNR ignored them till politicians living in the area got involved then MNR did something and found the den in a drainage pipe under the 401 ! Local newspapers reported the rescue effort to relocate them to algonquin park - I was there - after the photo op with one cub MNR gassed the tunnel --
 
By the look of the snout and head on your pics gth, I'd say its a yote. I bet it looked like a wolf from a distance. I bet that one has a bit of wolf in him too. they have found wolf DNA in coyotes and vise-versa
 
There is an article in the Meaford paper today that 2 wolves were seen on Center St. which is on the edge of town. Also the article reported that it was wolves that killed 2 swans near a pond at the cemetery. They say that the tracks were too big to be dog or coyote.
It is fairly common to hear of wolves here in Grey county. I have seen and heard wolves around hear.
 
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