03-07-2012, 04:03 AM
Well if there are wolves just a few miles over the mountain around Strawberry wouldn't be surprised if these are also wolves. Doesn't really say why they think they might be hybrids with dogs. I'm pretty sure Utah does have some coywolves ( coyote-wolf) hybrids as well. I ran into a very large male around 75-80 lbs, easily twice the size of it's mate. I've seen many Eastern Coyotes that are known wolf coyote hybrids and usually much larger than our coyotes. None of them even approached the size of this animal. This was just 15-20 miles from the first wolf capture site in Utah ( east of Morgan in 2002). I started seeing this animal about 2005 and saw it repeatedly until 2010. That original male captured was a well known member of the Druid pack from Yellowstone. Footprints in the area revealed it had a mate with it. I assume the coywolf I saw may have been an offspring of that female wolf.
Just a thought. Have no proof and maybe it was just a monster of a coyote that I ran into all those years. Did act more like a coyote in that it ran like hell when my little pit bull lab mix charged it every encounter.
Be interesting to see what these animals turn out to be if they get a sample
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Just a thought. Have no proof and maybe it was just a monster of a coyote that I ran into all those years. Did act more like a coyote in that it ran like hell when my little pit bull lab mix charged it every encounter.
Be interesting to see what these animals turn out to be if they get a sample
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