Yeah I can’t understand why the DNR told him that wolves can’t breed with coyotes. A canine is a canine is a canine.
Its like saying that whites can’t breed with asians.
I know I’ve seen some damn big prints in the woods around here south of Lansing.
I don’t think it unheard of for a wolf to breed with a coyote (or dog), but their heat cycles make it unlikely from what I have read. I had what I thought were coydogs around for a while. Turned out they were just huge, healthy coyotes.
This guy is really beautiful. The fact that he doesn’t seem to show any fear of humans makes me wonder if he was initially a “pet”?
So, from your post, it sounds like you are tracking unusually large Asians in the woods south of Lansing. Are you sure thats legal?