52# Shot it in my back yard. I was working on re-barreling a rifle in my shop and could hear the coyotes close by. I got tired of them so I grabbed my fury and my AR to setup by my barn. There was snow on the ground and full moon. I was looking about 250 yards away in my scope and it looked almost like daylight. I heard a noise and saw a coyote about 15 yards in front of me in the horse pasture. I had to look twice because he came so fast and was so big. Thought it might have been the neighbors dog. DRT and was too big for my 35# digital scale. My friend took him home to skin him and he weighed 52#. I saw some large coyote scat behind my barn the other day. Took a friend back there to look at it and it was gone. My dogs must have found it. My friend that skinned my 52# coyote shot a 102# wolf that Deer season. DNR posted it as a coyote but 4 months later the US Fish and Wildlife service said it was a wolf from Minnesota after all their tests.
Dave