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Just a big coyote. I've seen em that big. They've been interbreeding with dogs. Be a hard case for gov to win.
It's a big yote or possibly a Coywolf, but very unlikely. They are mostly found in the North East, but are expanding their territory.
My deer club is in that area off High Falls Road. Will keep an eye out for him.
Don’t they have wolves in TN?
Shoot it, bury it, repeat
Nah thats just a big ass yote. I got a few runnin around here. One is almost that size. Looks just like him. Would love to shoot all of them but i cant get a regular travel pattern on them
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_wolf
Red wolves interbred with coyotes almost to the point of extinction. Almost all coyotes carry some red wolf DNA as well as DNA from having crossed with domestic or feral dogs. It seems to me coyotes have gotten larger in body size as well as more numerous during my lifetime. Perhaps as a result of greater influence of the red wolf DNA, perhaps resulting from breeding with larger domestic dogs or perhaps natural selection favoring larger bodies animals capable of dispatching larger prey.
Red wolves interbred with coyotes almost to the point of extinction. Almost all coyotes carry some red wolf DNA as well as DNA from having crossed with domestic or feral dogs. It seems to me coyotes have gotten larger in body size as well as more numerous during my lifetime. Perhaps as a result of greater influence of the red wolf DNA, perhaps resulting from breeding with larger domestic dogs or perhaps natural selection favoring larger bodies animals capable of dispatching larger prey.
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Its a coyote. He'll look even bigger in a month as his coat continues to fill out. Eastern yotes could eat their wimpy western cousins. 
Most Easterns do contain a little Red Wolf DNA which even though trying to be bred back to stocking levels, they are no longer pure either. 
I have a picture of one I shot a few years ago. Average size I'd say but still he looked huge. (I had his skull Euro'd for the heck of it). I'll try and dig up that pic....
Most Easterns do contain a little Red Wolf DNA which even though trying to be bred back to stocking levels, they are no longer pure either. I have a picture of one I shot a few years ago. Average size I'd say but still he looked huge. (I had his skull Euro'd for the heck of it). I'll try and dig up that pic....
