Coyote or something else?

Picture from my trail cam in the U.P. Long tail, black tip. Too tall to be a cougar I think. A little long and narrow for a wolf or coyote. Weigh in people.

Squatch, fuhshow...

I pulled my cards today and got a couple dandy 10 pts with forked brow tines. Multiple days, all during the day. 3 buck bachelor group.... Not going back till 10/1 now.... IGGCited!!!!

That seems like a pretty saggy belly for a yote.... not sure if that tail is long enough to be a cat though but it sure looks like a cat vs yote to me though. I don't think it's a wolf. Hair looks short (cat) vs shaggy (wolf/yote) How tall to you estimate the hind quarters to be?

Fur color change between the back (darker) and the belly (lighter) has me second guessing myself to = wolf.... Hell, I don't know.

Either way = bad for deer

tTy wrote:Squatch, fuhshow...

I pulled my cards today and got a couple dandy 10 pts with forked brow tines.  Multiple days, all during the day.  3 buck bachelor group.... Not going back till 10/1 now.... IGGCited!!!!

That seems like a pretty saggy belly for a yote.... not sure if that tail is long enough to be a cat though but it sure looks like a cat vs yo spot*te to me though.  I don't think it's a wolf.  Hair looks short (cat) vs shaggy (wolf/yote)  How tall to you estimate the hind quarters to be?

I'd say 2 1/2 feet.  I was thinking the same thing about a coyote or wolf.  If it is its the most well fed one I've ever seen.  Not sure the tail is long enough for a cat.  Weird thing is their were 380 pictures, not a single buck on a spot that routinely has at least 4 different ones.  all pictures were the same damn doe and a couple bear.  Hmmmmmmmm, something pushing them out?

Something about the lighting at 1am and 56° on Valentine's Day 2012 is not adding up.

Got a real time stream for your cam?

Watch anti Christ. Get back to me.

I just blew it up and I'm back to cougar due to smoother, shorter coat....

Better get one of these in blaze orange!

tTy wrote:Fur color change between the back (darker) and the belly (lighter) has me second guessing myself to = wolf.... Hell, I don't know.

Either way = bad for deer

Me and my brother did a historical log on snowfall from the 50's to now. No significant swing to account for deer loss. It's the wolves and nobody is gonna tell me different. I know temp severity and snow longevity play a role but I'm not buying it.

The Pantry wrote:Something about the lighting at 1am and 56° on Valentine's Day 2012 is not adding up.  

Got a real time stream for your cam?

It's an infrared pic brah..... Taken in the dark of night.

The Pantry wrote:Something about the lighting at 1am and 56° on Valentine's Day 2012 is not adding up.

Got a real time stream for your cam?

lol, never set the date.

Are you not up there right now to check the prints? Or someone you know that could?

kingstonlake wrote:

tTy wrote:Fur color change between the back (darker) and the belly (lighter) has me second guessing myself to = wolf.... Hell, I don't know.

Either way = bad for deer

Me and my brother did a historical log on snowfall from the 50's to now. No significant swing to account for deer loss. It's the wolves and nobody is gonna tell me different. I know temp severity and snow longevity play a role but I'm not buying it.

An adult coug could do the same thing if it picked out a home range right in your neck of the woods. Easy.

tTy wrote:I just blew it up and I'm back to cougar due to smoother, shorter coat....

Better get one of these in blaze orange!

I don't think the rear legs are thick enough?

xsanguine wrote:Are you not up there right now to check the prints? Or someone you know that could?

No, I'm home now. Pine needle cover and leaves. No prints just passing through. It was the only pic. Damn it!

I guess we know where the Liger migrated to.

tTy wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Something about the lighting at 1am and 56° on Valentine's Day 2012 is not adding up.  

Got a real time stream for your cam?

It's an infrared pic brah..... Taken in the dark of night.

Infrared turns temps up 40-plus degrees and causes time warps?

Here's a pic of DNR confirmed cougar pic. Tail doesn't seem long enough on mine.

The Pantry wrote:

tTy wrote:

It's an infrared pic brah..... Taken in the dark of night.

Infrared turns temps up 40-plus degrees and causes time warps?

My cams take color pics during daylight hours and B/W in low/no light situations, much like this pic.... #Shrug

What does the temp and date have to do with time of day?

The Pantry wrote:

tTy wrote:

It's an infrared pic brah..... Taken in the dark of night.

Infrared turns temps up 40-plus degrees and causes time warps?

It's the U.P.  overnight temp was 53 degrees, last tuesday night in Grand Marais at our property.

kingstonlake wrote:Here's a pic of DNR confirmed cougar pic. Tail doesn't seem long enough on mine.

Yeah, plus the color change in the coat from back to belly... I'm back to wolf... lol

But that belly and the coat.... Wolfgar?

tTy wrote:

kingstonlake wrote:Here's a pic of DNR confirmed cougar pic. Tail doesn't seem long enough on mine.

Yeah, plus the color change in the coat from back to belly... I'm back to wolf... lol

But that belly and the coat.... Wolfgar?

I'm leaning wolf as well.

Permission to post it here for more qualified opinions?

UP? My guess is a wolf. Bigger than the coyotes where I live in the hinterlands.

About a year ago I saw a coyote up close an personal outside my place. It was smaller and my first thought was "damn that's one mangy looking dog" and then I saw it react to the pack howling in the distance.

I'm a wuss, I backed away and it went on its way. I also think I solved the mystery of what happened the neighbor's cats that she used to let roam all night.

tTy wrote:Permission to post it here for more qualified opinions?

No problem.

tTy wrote:Permission to post it here for more qualified opinions?

Crap, now I gotta create an account lol.

kingstonlake wrote:

tTy wrote:Permission to post it here for more qualified opinions?

No problem.

Cool. Posted.

kingstonlake wrote:

tTy wrote:Permission to post it here for more qualified opinions?

Crap, now I gotta create an account lol.

That place is awesome. Been on there 15 years now.

I'm going with lion. Not a wolf tail or wolf fur.

GRR Spartan wrote:UP?  My guess is a wolf.  Bigger than the coyotes where I live in the hinterlands.

About a year ago I saw a coyote up close an personal outside my place.  It was smaller and my first thought was "damn that's one mangy looking dog" and then I saw it react to the pack howling in the distance.  

I'm a wuss, I backed away and it went on its way.  I also think I solved the mystery of what happened the neighbor's cats that she used to let roam all night.  

I am in the TC area and there have been rumors/"sighting" of cougars in the area for years.  One night about 4 years ago I was outside grilling in the middle of the night.  All the sudden, hell broke loose in the woods 10 feet from my garage (where I was standing, grilling).... Sounded like a god damn Godzirra sprinting through the woods, breaking shit and just not giving a fuck what it ran into.... The hair on my neck stood up, I got chicken skinned, started backing up toward the door to the house and was just about to turn and run when...... out pops a doe.

Scared the fuck out of me.  

tTy wrote:
It's an infrared pic brah..... Taken in the dark of night.

btw...I personally witnessed the first dark of night technology in the mid 70's a few times, probably before you were born.

tTy wrote:

GRR Spartan wrote:UP?  My guess is a wolf.  Bigger than the coyotes where I live in the hinterlands.

About a year ago I saw a coyote up close an personal outside my place.  It was smaller and my first thought was "damn that's one mangy looking dog" and then I saw it react to the pack howling in the distance.  

I'm a wuss, I backed away and it went on its way.  I also think I solved the mystery of what happened the neighbor's cats that she used to let roam all night.  

I am in the TC area and there have been rumors/"sighting" of cougars in the area for years.  One night about 4 years ago I was outside grilling in the middle of the night.  All the sudden, hell broke loose in the woods 10 feet from my garage (where I was standing, grilling).... Sounded like a god damn Godzirra sprinting through the woods, breaking shit and just not giving a fuck what it ran into.... The hair on my neck stood up, I got chicken skinned, started backing up toward the door to the house and was just about to turn and run when...... out pops a doe.

Scared the fuck out of me.  

They've had confirmed wolf sightings north of you, too, right? Closer to the bridge?

Sheepsquatch

The Pantry wrote:

tTy wrote:
It's an infrared pic brah..... Taken in the dark of night.

btw...I personally witnessed the first dark of night technology in the mid 70's a few times, probably before you were born.

Probably not, but congratulations?

xsanguine wrote:

tTy wrote:

I am in the TC area and there have been rumors/"sighting" of cougars in the area for years.  One night about 4 years ago I was outside grilling in the middle of the night.  All the sudden, hell broke loose in the woods 10 feet from my garage (where I was standing, grilling).... Sounded like a god damn Godzirra sprinting through the woods, breaking shit and just not giving a fuck what it ran into.... The hair on my neck stood up, I got chicken skinned, started backing up toward the door to the house and was just about to turn and run when...... out pops a doe.

Scared the fuck out of me.  

They've had confirmed wolf sightings north of you, too, right? Closer to the bridge?

Dunno.... Hope not.

God dammit, Kingston, I got an e-mail that someone had already responded to that thread and I clicked over there to see what they said..... It was you. lol

tTy wrote:God dammit, Kingston, I got an e-mail that someone had already responded to that thread and I clicked over there to see what they said..... It was you. lol

lol. That belly has me thinking cat, but tail says wolf.

kingstonlake wrote:

tTy wrote:God dammit, Kingston, I got an e-mail that someone had already responded to that thread and I clicked over there to see what they said..... It was you. lol

lol. That belly has me thinking cat, but tail says wolf.

That thread should get some solid replies.

Is this another one of those weird cat threads that have been popping up on the board?

tTy wrote:

The Pantry wrote:
btw...I personally witnessed the first dark of night technology in the mid 70's a few times, probably before you were born.

Probably not, but congratulations?

Guaranteed.

You talk out your ass so much you should go back to tRCMB

The Pantry wrote:

tTy wrote:

Probably not, but congratulations?

Guaranteed.

You talk out your ass so much you should go back to tRCMB

Probably not = before I was born

Your feelings get hurt so much maybe YOU should go back to tRCMB.

FWIW, I don't even know why/how I got you to began crying in this thread to begin with. All I was trying to do was point out that the pic was taken in the middle of the night after you seemed to indicate that you thought it was during daylight hours. I wasn't trying to be a dick. Do you have something against being called "brah", or are you somehow still all salty because I made a NASCAR bet one time? Sheesh. Wanna hug?