I saw that this morning, my buddy sent me the link in an email.
It's a scientific fact that wolves and coyotes are very closely related and share the same DNA.
They will also interbreed and the offspring are called Timber wolves. The old timers used to call the coyote "The little brush wolf" or the "Little Timber Wolf" so if they both share the same DNA how can they say that it's not at least a hybrid coyote/wolf??
True coyotes just don't get that big without some help.....Yikes....Mega Yote!!
I think it's a hybrid and they just don't want to alarm the public.
There has been confirmed wolf sightings and even trail cam pics of them in Illinois......that's just across the river......so believe it or don't.....it's a hybrid.
My biggest coyote to date weighed 45lbs. and I can tell you that dude was plenty big! I dang sure wouldn't want one that size on me!
I just can't imagine how big a 108 pounder would look like up close? I would have shot that sonofa&%*$ too!
They also said the same thing about mountain lions in Missouri.....they routinely denied it everytime somebody spotted one.
Until one was captured on video camera carrying a deer carcass off. Now the MDC admits that we have a "Small" population of mountain lions. :rolleyes: