Are there any wild wolves in Missouri? This is something that I've been wondering about for the last five years.
The reason that I ask is that five years ago I borrowed a tractor and was cutting the brush on some land that I own in northern Montgomery county. I came around a corner in the field next to the woods and saw this animal that I thought at first was one of those miniature donkeys (Sicilian?). I have some friends that raise those miniature donkeys, so as soon as I saw this animal I immediately thought to myself that that was what I was seeing up ahead of me. It was obviously much larger than any coyote that I'd ever seen out there and it was dark colored compared to the tannish looking coyotes that I'd seen previously. It was standing there looking at me approach it on the tractor and finally after I got real close to it, it took off into the woods that were right there next to us. That's the only time that I've ever seen it. Someone did tell me that possibly what I saw was a 'yotedog', or the result of a coyote & dog having bred together.
I also several coyotes that day which was unusual. Someone told me later that coyotes learn to associate the sound of a tractor cutting brush to easy to find food such as killed or injured rabbits and snakes, and they come running looking for it in the paths that are freshly cut.
The reason that I ask is that five years ago I borrowed a tractor and was cutting the brush on some land that I own in northern Montgomery county. I came around a corner in the field next to the woods and saw this animal that I thought at first was one of those miniature donkeys (Sicilian?). I have some friends that raise those miniature donkeys, so as soon as I saw this animal I immediately thought to myself that that was what I was seeing up ahead of me. It was obviously much larger than any coyote that I'd ever seen out there and it was dark colored compared to the tannish looking coyotes that I'd seen previously. It was standing there looking at me approach it on the tractor and finally after I got real close to it, it took off into the woods that were right there next to us. That's the only time that I've ever seen it. Someone did tell me that possibly what I saw was a 'yotedog', or the result of a coyote & dog having bred together.
I also several coyotes that day which was unusual. Someone told me later that coyotes learn to associate the sound of a tractor cutting brush to easy to find food such as killed or injured rabbits and snakes, and they come running looking for it in the paths that are freshly cut.