https://atlantacoyoteproject.org/melanism-in-coyotes/.......Back in the 90's, I lived in Worth Co. There was one out back of my place and several huge brown ones. They are wiley, but not always.
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Black coyote
- Thread starter Cream Corn
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2014, Stephens County GA, I had just cut a trail and the deer had been all over it.
My cousin shot one on our lease in Heard Co. back in 1993 or so first Coyote I had seen.
That’s wild. I did some cursory research and this is a genetic mutation called melanism. You see it in deer and other animals, too. Black coyotes with the mutation show up more in mountainous areas for some reason.
Interesting I recall phoning Georgia DNR way back when asking and some yokel dismissed me with zero interest.
I will be more alert for a Black one now
I will be more alert for a Black one now
I recall seeing a black yote in pike around 1990ish, like you that was the first yote I'd saw in ga, heck I thought it was a wolf, still not 100% sure. Someone had alread shot one of its front legs off, so it probably didn't last much longer .
I’m DNR, just a maintenance guy, but they do have a lot of those types in my experience. Some care more than others.
