Here's the real story! From  Robert Sanford Wildlife Biologist:

The photograph has been very widely circulated on the internet, and there is a great deal of confusion about this animal. Upon checking this story out, Here are the facts:

This is not an Eastern coyote. It is a hybrid animal (suspected wolf-dog) that weighed 105 pounds. It was a neutered male. This means the animal was a captive animal, and released either intentionally or accidentally by the owner. We do not know who the owner was. This animal was taken in Pennsylvania, not New York.

Robert Sanford Wildlife Biologist

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HERE IS THE ORIGINAL STORY CIRCULATING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THAT WOLFDOG! N.Y.S. D.E.C. game commission officer Bob Doe confirmed that this was indeed a new New York state record coyote Its official weight was 115 pounds, it is a very large male and was shot during the regular deer season just out side the town of Hilton. It has been spotted on several different occasions chasing deer, live stock, dogs and cats.

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Mark, I checked archives on Boone & Crockett site. Here's info on the Kansas buck in back of the pickup truck: "This is the deer taken by Lance W. Jacob on 11-7-2000 in Coffey Co, Kansas. The buck officially scores 201-1/8 as a non-typical. It also scores 178-1/8 points as a typical, but Lance chose to enter it in the non-typical category since it can only be entered in one category. There have been various photos of this buck recently circulating on the internet with erroneous information saying it is a new World's Record. Mel Johnson's buck at 204-4/8 is the current Pope & Young record."

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