Massacure last night

[Buckhunter76]

Nice dog, but that would be like putting a 100 year old man against some young spunky teenagers in a world of theirs, wouldn't have a chance.

 

[MammasBabies]

Just having the dog is off putting to wild predators. No one to take them to vet if they get hurt, and they cannot hunt/eat if they are hurt. So most predators will not attack if they feel if it is too risky. Exceptions occur of course, rabies, starvation or feeling cornered will cause anything to fight back or attack. It would be interesting to know where the attack started.....if it was with singles with insides eaten, then progressed to larger number with just killed, maybe wild animal that frenzied, but I agree that coyotes will grab and run with a meal, not stick around and eat it there. Might be a coyotes print, but that is not your killer. Would set up a predator cam and watch....if it is a dog...they will be back.

 

[centrarchid]

Not to mention another buddy of mines dog was attacked and almost killed, barely making it back home with its insides hanging out.

You may be in the integrade zone where coyotes are larger and more packy owing to greywolf influence through hybridization. OP I am not sure about but based on what I found appears to be East of Nova Scotia? That be in North Atlantic Ocean so I need to be corrected by OP.

If OP in NE North America then critters involved are not what I would rightfully call coyotes because wolf influence will be real. If in my area and anywhere to to south and west, coyotes will not generally be a threat since they average around 35 lbs and they are not pack forming with multiple adults beyond breeding pair and maybe one offspring from previous year. This discussion is not so much as to critter is a coyote as where and what kind of coyote.

Still based on overall discription of events, I am far from convinced coyotes or coyote x wolf hybrid is actually involved in taking of poultry. Just because present does not mean guilty. ID of predator needed to be confirmed otherwise this conversation is nothing more than "my dad is bigger than your dad".

 

[Jay262]

You may be in the integrade zone where coyotes are larger and more packy owing to greywolf influence through hybridization. OP I am not sure about but based on what I found appears to be East of Nova Scotia? That be in North Atlantic Ocean so I need to be corrected by OP.

If OP in NE North America then critters involved are not what I would rightfully call coyotes because wolf influence will be real. If in my area and anywhere to to south and west, coyotes will not generally be a threat since they average around 35 lbs and they are not pack forming with multiple adults beyond breeding pair and maybe one offspring from previous year. This discussion is not so much as to critter is a coyote as where and what kind of coyote.

Still based on overall discription of events, I am far from convinced coyotes or coyote x wolf hybrid is actually involved in taking of poultry. Just because present does not mean guilty. ID of predator needed to be confirmed otherwise this conversation is nothing more than "my dad is bigger than your dad".

Yes im in newfoundland and coyotes are not native to our province. The ones that have been hunted and kill here in recent years are thought to be hybrids there much bigger then your average coyote and much braver. A friend of mine got one a few weeks well up to the size of a wolf. Im figuing on this one being a coyote he might have came from the nearby river where the first birds were killed at.

I put a snare in where he got into the yard question is whats the chances he will be back again i still have birds in this coop that i wanna let out sometime soon although i normally keep them locked inside at night. Should i expect them back do they run on a trail like foxes? I know from hunting foxes will pass by and may not come back the same area for a week or two im not overly familer with coyotes.

 

[centrarchid]

Yes im in newfoundland and coyotes are not native to our province. The ones that have been hunted and kill here in recent years are thought to be hybrids there much bigger then your average coyote and much braver. A friend of mine got one a few weeks well up to the size of a wolf. Im figuing on this one being a coyote he might have came from the nearby river where the first birds were killed at.

I put a snare in where he got into the yard question is whats the chances he will be back again i still have birds in this coop that i wanna let out sometime soon although i normally keep them locked inside at night. Should i expect them back do they run on a trail like foxes? I know from hunting foxes will pass by and may not come back the same area for a week or two im not overly familer with coyotes.

Some of the info you want is best sourced from either a biologist or someone that actually hunts / traps animals in question. From what I have read the ranging habits of your coy-wolves are more wolflike and thus much greater and thus decidely not like a fox unless you are near den sight. Thus return not likely in immediate future. Killing many without immediately policing bodies not what I would expect for a coy-wolf, wolf or coyote; still makes me think domestic dog and the wild canine simply left tracks at crime scene.

 

[Chicky-dees]

Agreed - most likely dogs, and then coyote(s) came along later following the scent of the massacre.

 

[bj taylor]

i think it is dog. coyote pad looks more rectangular to the dog's triangular.

 

[Jay262]

I had my husky in the ditch today just to compare the foot prints they look nonthing alike. Unless the footprint varies that much from dog to dog. Im leaning towards it being a hybrid coyote/dog we have been having alot of sitings of them lately even during the day and a friend of mine has lost a hell of alot of sheep due to them.

 

[Buckhunter76]

i think it is dog. coyote pad looks more rectangular to the dog's triangular.

That's definitely a coyote track, I could spot one from a mile away, I've hunted them for 16 years

 

[Buckhunter76]

Only other possibilities would be a coy-dog.