Cecil the Lion

Coy-dogs are certainly a newer twist to things, most don't look like a classic coyote. The "eastern" yote that still has the classical coyote look and has a certain amount of red wolf genes in it can become much larger than the western or centrals. A 40+ pound yote from these regions is uncommon but this weight can be frequent for an eastern. Critters hanging on the scale of over 50 pounds have been verified. For those who have never held a dead coyote and look at their dog, and say, "big deal, my dog is 50 pounds" (as is mine and stands much lower than a yote), dog bone structure is denser/heavier than a coyote's. Another difference in eastern yotes is that can have a wide range of colors, ranging from black to classic German shepherd. We have some variations in the classic coyote colors that I've seen in SD but nothing like the range of colors that I've seen in pixs from guys in the East and South.



Scrappah- If you can use snares or "cable restraints" in ME and want to thin some of those yotes on your island, I'd say go for it. They're very effective once a person gets the hang of putting them up and work all winter.