what is the world record for a coyote (weight)
read some where it was a yote out of Wy at 75 pounds?

that is the heaviest i could find, that had been officially weighed. I did read an article on a yote killed during deer season in Monroe County, NY, that supposedly weight 115 lbs, but that is a big load to swallow if you ask me. that is almost 3 times the avg weight.

That 115# could be the hoax one that was actually a wolf/dog hybrid. If it Is the one I am thinking about, it was shot in Pennsylvania. Web hoaxes live forever.

that could be, and wouldnt surprise me. It might have been in PA, said it was shot near Rochester, which i assumed was NY. And yes the hoaxes never die. i'd say the 75 lbs in WY is the biggest. that dog must have been well fed

here is the link on the 115 pounder .
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/coyote.asp
would like to see some proof on the bigest yote ?

I live in Rochester NY, though I have yet to see a 115lb yote running around , I've seen preety big yotes deer hunting. Last deer season we put on a drive and kicked out a monster coyote. My guess it topped 80lbs. I took a couple shots at it and missed.

I didn't have an official scale with me but I saw one that probably topped 900 pounds, that is if you include the weight of right front corner of 87 dodge 4x4 who's 8 ply tire had said coyote firmly pinned to terra firma.

The above statement is pure fiction but Alas, I could not resist temptation. Please remember that I am recovering from bypass surgery, so I can get away with little white lie now and then.

Good to have you back Rich.

I've seen one on a hay stack that had to weigh 40 tons. Now THAT'S a yote, LOL.

Welcome back Rich. Get well quick.

Leon

I'm in Rochester. Years back there was an article in the local newspaper and a picture of a coyote that weighed 82 pounds (it was shot in webster). It was sent to Cornell and determined to be 100% coyote. I'm still searching for the article so I can post it here.

BHW

Hey Guys,

I don't know about record worthiness, but coyotes taken by a partner of mine down south of Rochester around the Retsof area have netted him a 62lb.'r with a bow, and a 67 lb.'r with a sluggun.
The highest yote' I've heard of "weight wise" was an even 70lbs.
Most of the males run high 50's to mid 60's, and the females run about 10lbs. less on the average.
I live west of Letchwork Park (aptly named the Grand Canyon of the east), and hunting them inside the park during regular deer season gets real exciting if you don't mind climbing down near the bottom near the river. It's loaded with them, especially after a few gutpiles are left around.

Take care,
Bob

you get them that size all the time in utah,


but it takes about 8 of them to make up that weight

Weights are often guessed at and inflated. We have big coyotes in NY and I often hear the figure of 60,70, and even 80 pounds thrown around. Here's
a pic of what seen on the run would be related to as German Shepherd sized or an 80 pounder. Want to guess its real weight?

I'd guess closer to 46lbs. Nice coyote regardless!

denjahn,
Guess you seen this one before
I live in big coyote country and this one equals about the biggest I have ever seen or taken. Got a couple trappers around as well that really bring in the coyotes numbers wise compared to us hunters and the ones I'm familar with have never had a true 70 lber or many that weigh an honest 50 for that matter.
Of course every deer hunter sees the 70 and 80 pounders running around.
If you had a big coyote contest over a week I bet the winner wouldn't break 70 lbs. and probally not 60.

Neighbor had a trapper come in 2 weeks ago at his goat farm. Three taken. First was male and 75# the other 2 were female and were 45# and 50# on a scale. The male is getting stuffed!

Even if they are weighed on a scale and the scale says ""70 pounds" or any other weight, that does not necessarily mean that is what it weights.

In other words, the scale is worthless if it has not been properly calibrated and check periodically. That is why any scales that are being used for commerce have to be "certified". Other wise you might be buying a lot less than you are paying for.

I get this all the time checking deer. They were weighed at the deer camp and weighted "150 pounds", and when weighed on calibrated scales, it weighes "130 pounds".

I have never seen a scale yet that was off and weighed light. They are all heavy, usually because the tension on the springs slacks off, it never "tightens".

Sounds to me like the male was already "stuffed."

Well, the guy was claiming it was 90# until it went to the taxidermist and he weighed it in at 75#. I wasn't there so don't know how official the scale was.

You nailed it on the button. Good guess.

Here is a nice male I shot here in Pa. about 4 weeks ago. Now I'm 6' 2" and weigh 225 lbs. He really looks like about 50 lbs or more and he felt like it til I took it to my taxidermist and he put it on his digital scale and assured me it was accurate. It weighed 41.7 lbs. I kinda had a little doubt but thats what it read. I hope it was right cause I wanted to brag a little more on it if it was bigger. Pictures do fool you sometimes.


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That is a beautiful coyote and a big one to boot. Scales are humbling things!

Working deer check stations is always fun. Guys will come in with a "200 lb monster" then we put it on the scale and the response is always "Gee, I thought it was bigger than that"!. Coyotes are the same.

The biggest I have ever got were 51 on left and 56 on right. My son 6years old is in the back and you can see the size compared to him.

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Man them are nice size dogs. VM

This one was estimated to be 58lbs. live weight. It measured nearly 5 1/2 feet from nose to tip of tail. Taken in Hancock Co. WV.

yeah that looks like Wolf/Dog to me. "115 pounder" That was mentioned in one of the earlier posts.

I live just east of Rochester in Palmyra.Last bow season I saw a BIG son of a gun. I don't know how much it weighed but it was as big if not bigger then a shepard.I couldn't get a shot.

Guys,

i found the article on the NYS coyote...

Record coyote shot




Webster man hits 81-pound, 62-inch male

By JIM CASTOR, STAFF WRITER

A Webster hunter has shot and killed what is believed to be the largest Eastern coyote recorded in New York.

An 81-pound male coyote was shot by Shawn Orchard last week while he was hunting deer with friends on private property in Ontario, Wayne County.

"Two female deer were being pursued by a pack of three coyotes," Orchard said. "We heard them crashing through the brush, physically hunting the deer down. I saw two smaller ones about 15 yards behind the deer, then the big one came into view behind them. I was up in a treestand. The shot was from about 90 yards."

Orchard said he took the coyote home and weighed it on his bathroom scales, after weighing himself to check the scales' accuracy. "It may have been off a pound or two, but that's all," Orchard said.

Orchard then drove to the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Region 8 headquarters in Avon, where wildlife technician Ron Newell confirmed the species.

When taxidermist Rick Streeter of Williamson prepares the hide for mounting, tissue samples from the animal's muscles and tongue will be sent to a wildlife biologist in Syracuse for study. It is possible it's a crossbreed between a wolf and coyote. Wolves, however, are rarely seen in New York.

Robert Chambers, a wildlife ecologist with SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, said it is "by far, the largest coyote I've heard of in New York."

"I don't know what to make of it," he said. "The size is horrendous. They told me it was 62 inches long. It seemed to have all the characteristics of a coyote. We'd like the tissue samples so we can have some DNA testing done. Some hybridization seems very likely."

Chambers has been studying coyotes in New York since 1969. Their presence has been a source of controversy among hunters, landowners, farmers and others for many years.

Coyote hunting season runs from mid-October to the end of March.

A DEC study in 1991, prompted by a proposal to open the season year-round, concluded that there was no strong demand or need, and that nuisance complaints were localized and not widespread.

But reports persist that coyotes have raided the chicken coop, killed farm livestock or ravaged the family cat. This month biologists in Region 9 (Buffalo area) have been holding a series of informational meetings on coyotes after complaints from residents, particularly in Niagara County.

Coyotes kill animals, or eat already-dead animals, as their main diet. In winter, the most frequently found food in their stomachs are varying hare (rabbit), deer, plant material, chipmunks and squirrels.

"They're normally about the size of a medium-sized German shepherd dog," Chambers said. "The average male adult coyote weighs between 35 and 45 pounds."

Their coat is long and thick, tail full and bushy and usually carried pointing down. The ears are erect and pointed.

"We believe coyotes came from Canada, when the St. Lawrence River froze over in the winter," Chambers said. "We suspect there's been some hybridizing, although we've had only three reports of wolves since 1969 one in the Fulton area, one in Allegany and the other in the St. Lawrence Valley. They are not an established population."

PHOTO CAPTION

The big one Shawn Orchard shot this 81-pound coyote from about 90 yards away.


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could you post the address of the paper? I want to see the picture. Thanks

i just wrote the the paper to see if they had the pic. it is from 1995, so I hope they have a copy (possibly pre-digital??)

They might have a picture stored. I wanted to compare it to the one my neighbor got last November trapping which was weighed at 75#. I am trying to get the picture posted.
The age of this news report explains why there was no mention of the 75# wolf shot as a coyote in Saratoga county three years ago. It took two years for someone to get it tested to find out it really was pure wolf. They then confiscated the pelt. You can not have "endangered species" as rugs.

I finally got the picture thing figured out. Here is my neighbor's 75# coyote he trapped.

I got the picture to the female running with the 75# male. She was 45#.

If you think Yotes are big try a T-wolf. Lets just say they look smaller through the scope then they do in the snow. Even the biggest yote posted on here wouldnt match a t-wolf. Watch their tails before you squeese a round off and yes sometimes you can not tell between. The right lighting and heat of the moment. But yotes at times can grow large. Espically farther north and farther out you go. Nice yote posted above.

i live in monroe and personally know bob doe and he said he did not say any thing

There was a member here a couple years ago that killed a big yote and posted a pick of himself holding it up. he then asked readers to guess the weight. He even gave his own height and weight to get a good perspective. He held out for about a week as I recall. It was pretty fun. It turned out to be 64lbs. It was huge! I don't know what a wolf weighs, but at first glance, that's what it looked like.