Fox or Coyote

[nybirdman]

Definately a coyote;we have lots of them in Northern NY.Hound hunters were out yesterday and took one .A lot of people get confused because of the color variation in coyotes;from almost white to red to the rare black.Our coyotes(in the east) have crossed with wolves and are much larger than western coyotes.The do not cross with domestic dogs;they prefer to eat them.

 

[TomSeller]

Panchohughes,
Quite some excitement. I was thinking rabies as I read your post, then i got to the end where you say maybe not.

 

[JohninCT]

I'm with the others and think it's a coyote. I looked up pictures of red fox and gray fox and it doesn't look like either of them.

Red fox


Grey Fox

 

[panchohughes]

For sure. Glad it ended well. I am not sure if anyone has ever been bitten by a Fox that is not rabid ... but maybe. Just seems weird for him to be running around the area in broad daylight, but I guess they do.

 

[whistlepig]

Not to start a leg-raising match, but I might take issue with you on that, brother. (I bow with respect) Our yrs of shooting and trapping have yet to turn up a red as large as our smallest gray. (Any trappers, NTA members here??) Our printed 'guides' also say urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray) is typically larger than vulpes vulpes (red). We use #1 1/2 or #1 3/4 coil-springs 'til Jan 1 or above 32^ and got this season's first gray in a coon set. No leg-holds out at present due to the cold and sets freezing without glycerine, wax flakes, or buckwheat hulls, but 29 snares are out for tonight over several acres. A fresh inch of snow would help us keep up with traffic on the runs we've set ... (sigh)

I respectfully disagree that gray fox's are larger than red fox's. And I know a little more than some about trapping for fur. http://www.nccoastaltraining.net/uploads/Documents/Fox - Mike Campbell PPT.pdf

 

[creekbend]

Definately a coyote;we have lots of them in Northern NY.Hound hunters were out yesterday and took one .A lot of people get confused because of the color variation in coyotes;from almost white to red to the rare black.Our coyotes(in the east) have crossed with wolves and are much larger than western coyotes.The do not cross with domestic dogs;they prefer to eat them.

Coydog, Coydogs, Domestic Dog Coyote Hybrid, Dogotes

 

[RobertBrown]

Canis latrans

 

[creekbend]

Canis latrans

Coyote - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I just had to look it up.

 

[texasjohn]

Coyote.
Story of brazen fox is good reason to carry a pistol at ALL times.
Just 3 days ago a 70 lb dog invaded my workshop, took me about 1 second to pull my pistol...he wasn't aggressive and has since disappeared. Felt good to have a back up plan that would work.
I set my coyote trap this evening.

 

[two_bit_score]

coyofox , new breed

No way! It's definitely a Foyote!