Lotta people see coyotes and think they are dogs. Coyotes never run with their tails up in the air-always with the tail down. That and they have that Fox type of look to their face, at least to me.
Wolves will run with their tails straight out or up if they are at a lope. Plus wolves are big, real big. Had one out and out wolf attack on a forester this past fall up here. Matter of time before a pack gets a kid waiting for the school bus. Of course the fish and game will say it was a stray dog. How do you fight off a wolf attack without a gun? Especially if there are three or four and they are at the 100 plus pound range each?
I’ve hunted coyotes before.
They yip a high whine not like a wolf howl.
This passed Spring we killed 43 in 5 mile radius.
The largest buck coyote I’ve seen weighed nearly 75lbs. I always thought they were smaller but up here it seems not to be the case.