Crazy colored coyote today

I've caught alot of coyotes in the last 44 years of trapping and they are all usually our typical ugly easterns but this one today I have to say is the coolest one I've ever caught. Really cool color. this year the mange has been horrible. This is the 24th coyote I've caught since mid December and 10 of them have had mange. I have been getting trail cam pics of a really dark, almost black coyote that I'm after and hope to add him to the collection soon.

very nice

I dig the darker V across the shoulders!! Most red yotes around here are just red to reddish blond. We generally don't have much for color variation in SD except for an occasional red one. Black phases are few and very far between from what I know.

Nice , saw one like that a while ago ,might be him . lol
Congrats !

i've thought the red ones to be the heavier of the colors for some reason here.

I would be surprised if there was not a lot of domestic dog DNA in that coyote. Neat catch.

Keith

Nice wall hanger!

Chris

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we had many many of those here 35-40 yrs ago when they were crossbreeding to get a foothold...got 5 bucks a piece

i've caught 2 about as white as they get off the same remote pipeline.an older fella that retired here swears they came from his male that ran away the first week he was here.came from Alaska and was very adiment about that.course we never talked without a shot or 2 of crown royal.

Very well could be Art. Got him about a mile or so from your place at deeters farm. 6th one I've taken out of there in the last month.

Nice ,had one break a restraint the other day , We got some big ones around here .
At least the weather is cooperating . lol

I’ve never even seen a pic of one that red. And the “strap” is even cooler. Nice job! Good luck on the black one.

Way to go.Congrats

Way cool! Congrats!!!

Cool color yote, the dark hackel across his shoulders is very unique.
I caught a red/blond one with 2 ivory color hackles 4 years ago.
Congrats, are you getting it tanned for the wall, or a hat?

One that ran through the yard last fall at 2:00 PM looked very much like that. It didn't seem overly concerned but wasn't hanging around either. A healthy looking dog colored just like that. I'm in Mercer county.

Nice catch..!

Not to steal a thread, but I had five red ones last year and none this year. Trapped in the big woods far from any dogs. Here are a few of them.

I've caught 2 red ones in the last 2 years. Caught one back in NY in the 70's.
Here's a couple pics of the one this year. Going to a friend who does home tanning.


I accidently deleted the picture off my computer of when I caught him. But these show color pretty well.

Those are really cool looking coyotes right there.

I've got so many tanned or mounted now I may give in to my taxidermist friend that really would like to have it to mount for himself.

cOOL COLORS ON ALL OF THEM

Very nice coyote. Those are some good numbers Pa Trapper. What type of set do you catch the most coyotes in?

This is the blondest I have ever caught

Great catch PA Trapper, really cool looking coyote.

ebsurveyor, are those from Maine or here in PA?

That is a pretty one there. Nice catch

The good old dirt hole. I make the hole 2" wide and12" deep. Of the 24 I've caught this year 7 were in cable restraints. I really like the cables when the weather turns south.easier to keep operational.the constant freeze thaw again this year has been tough keeping everything working and the set I caught him in today was a dirt hole out in the middle of a clover field close to a pair of ground hog holes. Last week after the snow melted(again) I went and checked the ground hog holes and there were fox and coyote droppings so I grabbed a K-9 extreme jr and my gear and punched in another set there and just kept my distance when I checked it.I was going to pull the set today and move my whole line but when I pulled in this morning it was a great surprise to see him bouncing there. Love seeing a catch circle with fresh snow all around. I still pulled it today because of the weather, instead of remaking in the snow,sleet, freezing rain,rain. I'll get it punched back in tomorrow.lol

Really Nice looking yotes ^^^

That last one has a husky colored face but pale

My first coyote this year, hit by a car, farmer called me, he thought it was a fox, it was about as red as yours

Nice

I like that color. Congrats! This is one of my cooler colored ones. White as I've ever caught.
Love the random colors we have here not worth anything but makes it interesting never know what color your going to get. Got alot of red ones this year.

Very nice!!

I caught one this year that I seriously thought was a fox untill he finally got up when I approached him. I also noticed that he had really fine, fluffy hair compared to most coyotes. ( no, it wasnt a dog..lol, but I'll bet it was mixed really heavy) I also caught one many years ago that was as white as snow all except a black tip on its tail and black tips on its ears.

This is about as "reddish" as I've ever caught...

Gotta be.a yote/red fox hybrid

At first glance when I pulled in I thought it was a red fox then realized it was another coyote.

Cool looking coyote. Thanks for posting

I have caught 2 red yotes this is one.

Do you do anything special (dye,paint) to your cables to camo them and what type of support wire do you use?
I can’t seem to catch a coyote in a cable. I’ve been using galvanized wire for support so I wonder how much that may stand out and those big ole relaxing locks are tricky to hide too. I was recently thinking about trying the 16 gauge wire I use for water trapping to support the cable since it’s so much smaller.

.16 gauge is too thin. 9 or 11 gauge works best for support wires. Pm me with your location if you're close I would be glad to help you in anyway I can.

Last year I was seeing a yote I thought was a dog. Light colored and had one black ear. I was not able to shoot it or trap it.

In the past month or so I have had 4-5 people ask me about the crazy colored yote running around. I thought it was the same on from last year. Nope. There is now another that looks a whole lot like an aussie shepard. I am sure it came from the one last year.

Over the years I have seen a lot of pictures posted of coyotes here on Trapperman. Seems like many …… a lot... of eastern coyote pictures make me think I'm looking at a domestic dog. Many have to have DNA of dogs in their blood. But that does make for some interesting coloring and head shape of the critter caught.

One I caught last season.

Here’s a couple of odd ones I’ve caught

Some really cool looking coyotes there.

Last year was my first season trapping. This was the second coyote I ever caught. I had her on camera quite a bit, and she dug up several of my traps before I got her.

That white one is awesome! Did you catch it in TN?

That’s awesome, she’s beautiful!

I caught these two blacks ones off the same property a few years ago but it's the only off colored ones I've ever caught or saw around here. Didn't trap that area last year but the landowner called this week wanting me to come back and trap it and said they another dark one on their trail cams. Never saw any red colored ones around here

I'm after one that looks exactly like the one in your second pic. Would really like to catch him this year.