This 'yote was shot by a guy from the town next to mine in SW NH. Take a look at the size and features. Does this look like a coyote or a wolf to you in the know? Sorry for the picture quality but it's a picture of a picture.

Coyote for sure. I killed a lot of them and have seen apox. 15 live wolves this year alone.

No question in my mine yote.

I definitely defer to people who have shot coyotes and wolves. I do say as a guy who shot a single coyote in NY some years ago that the muzzle or snout of the coyote I shot was rather narrower. Just opining and not arguing.

coyote, but a big sucker..

They've been researching Eastern coyotes and the DNA analysis reveals they interbred with wolves in Eastern Canada. Thus larger sized animals and some behavioral differences.

No expert here but that looks like a big old coyote

That's a whopper, Slug!

KG

P.S. Looks like a coyote to me.

Big coyote.

As for the DNA reference, depending on what part of the strand is looked at, Domestic Dogs/Coyotes/Wolves all share several genetic markers in the DNA strand.

That is why they can breed and produce fertile offspring.

Last year right around this time I saw a road-kill that was even bigger than this one in Sullivan, NH, very close to where this one was shot.

Looks like a 'yote to me, albeit a big 'un.......

Yote for sure. wolves are much bigger! Have seen them in the wild, and they amaze me how big they are. Look at the legs in the picture. To short imo.
MM

My opinion is that it's a big old coyote.

Compare it to one of the 'yotes I trapped last season.

Here's a Wyoming 'yote that I photographed about 10 years ago:

Here, too, you can see some distinct similarities.

Bobby Tomek:

Many thanks for beautiful pictures. I just don't remember seeing better pics elsewhere of a coyote. You also made an old man feel better about his memory because the coyotes both showed the narrow snout as I remember of the first coyote I had ever seen much less shot as I did in NY many years ago. (I had no idea that a "big,old" coyote could have such a broad snout. Gee! I woke up yesterday and learned something!) Regards to Texas.

Gerald-

Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it.

Here in south central Texas, there are quite a few variances in the physical makeup of the local coyotes. For some of it, I attribute the differences to some down-the-line crosses with dogs. Often referred to as coy-dogs, these are generally broader through the shoulders and less tapered in the hindquarters. And, generally, they weigh a bit more than the typical 36-40 pounds for a fully mature male 'yote. In fact, 60-70 pounds is not out of the question.

Back in the 80s, when I did lots of trapping, I ran into quite a few of the crosses in Gonzales County. They are much rarer in my home county of Lavaca, where typical 3 year-old males weigh 37 pounds and females 33.5.