Originally Posted By: ScalloperOriginally Posted By: pmackOne of three that I have seen. My son shot this last year. A NY contest had one this year at 53, took the big dog bounty.
I must say thats one of the largest I have seen. Great job. Many 50-70 lb coyotes are being held by 1 hand LOL. Man thats a beautie
Thanks Scalloper, story is kinda of neat. I was watching a lane in an orchard and my son was on the down wind side watching an open field. They came across field and after he shot I heard it crash going through the orchard. We looked but couldn't find any blood or anything, ground was frozen and no snow. I sent him and my other son back next morning and they were going nuts when they found it. I couldn't believe the size when I got home from work. The trapper who I give my furs (not this one) skinned it and said it was the largest nicest furred up coyote he had ever seen is 30 years of trapping.
Here's a thread on big coyotes. On page 4 is an article about an 81 pound coyote. It was shot in 1995 within 3 miles of my house.
http://www.predatormastersforums.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=273771&page=4
