Caustic Burno
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High Cotton":3hdvgy8y said:Taurus":3hdvgy8y said:Too many people here blaming on the dogs without knowing who is really doing the killings. Coyotes are capable to killing a month old calf and the coyotes in Eastern United States are generally larger and more pack-oriented than the coyotes in west. In fact all coyotes in eastern U.S has wolf genetics in them. That said, a guy in our neighborhood lost two of his cows to the coyotes when they were eating the cows alive while the cows were calving.
So either you have a coyote problem or a dog problem.
Down here I seriously doubt that a coyote would have crossed with a wolf. Interbreeding with stray dogs is a much more likely assumption. In my personal experience I see 10 dogs to 1 coyote. Coyotes are around but usually keep to themselves. I see it like this. If I see it roaming around I run it off. If I see it hassling the cows I kill it.
Very few states in the lower 48 even have a wolf population.
Last free roaming Red Wolves were considered extinct here by the 70's.