Fabulous video! While I knew there were coyotes in a field and forest beyond my house, I wasn't sure if the tracks I've seen recently were dogs or the 'yotes. I thought they were the coyotes, and every bit of this video confirmed it. Thank you!!
Excellent video. I've been hiking mostly rail trails in the past year and I have seen a lot of tracks lately and plan to learn more about it. I followed, what I think is a lone coyote track for more than a kilometer. That seemed like a long way, but it was undisturbed by dogs or humans because I was the first one out. It fit your description. Thanks for the video.
Spent about 3 hours this weekend with my boys tracking all kinds of animals through our 6 acre property. Lots of fox, coyote and/or dog tracks. We used the Google Lens app to help identify the tracks. Really fun activity with kids. Your video is super helpful. Based on what you said, I think we have at least 2-3 coyotes hanging out in our woods and pasture. We saw clear "X" patterns in the paw prints, and the direct registry tip was the deciding factor. These were very clean tracks and very deliberately heading in one direction or another. Now... if I can only get lucky and capture some pics on my trail cams!
Great video. Very compact and full of good knowledge. I've been researching something and think you could tackle it wonderfully. I've been looking up the differences between Red Fox tracks and Eastern Coyote tracks. I was able to rule out domestic dog immediately as I got a very brief glimpse of the actual animal late in the dark at night/early morning. I'm very confident it was a coyote at this point but there are some close similarities, as well glaring differences between the two different tracks, that with a little info it makes it easily identifiable. Size has a lot to do with it also but they do have a slim crossover at the bigger fox/smaller coyote ranges, which is where I'm at. Anyway, I've learned a lot through various research in the last day, but after hearing this comparison video of yours, I have to say that I bet you could put together the perfect video comparing those two sets of tracks also. Wonderful job and I look forward to watching anything you choose to do in the future.
Coyotes are tracking my dog. I know the prints. Hind paws are smaller. I stay with my dog at all times. They refuse to let me see them. I know my dog's paw prints. They are cleaner than Wiley Coyote .
No. While this seems to make a lot of sense, this little babe is wrong in not recognizing that there is a great deal of difference between breeds in their feet. She is presuming that in dogs the nails and the feet are somewhat splayed. In some breeds, such as Pointers and Shelties, round well-knuckled "cat feet" are considered a fault, but in others they are mandatory. For example, Dobermans. Giant and Standard Schnauzers, Bull Terriers and Akitas are described as “Feet well arched, compact, and catlike, turning neither in nor out.” Brittany standard even says that “An ideal foot is halfway between the hare and the cat foot." Some breeds of course have webbed feet, and they will obviously be more open. It is an interesting video, but there is a wide variety of feet in purebred dog breeds.
