ShadowMan
Designated Grumpy Old Fart
First thing this morning I went to start our morning fire, but I needed to remove some ash. So I go out on the back deck to grab my Ash Bucket. I heard something moving through the brush below our place. So I'm up 2 1/2 floors above the seasonal creek behind our place. Not twenty yards away across the creek on the up slope is this big critter. Not skitterish like a normal coyote, but pretty self assured. Just looked up and me and took off up the creek on the other slope and threading itself through the brush. Not running but moving quickly.
Now I know coyotes. I know coyo-dogs. I know Shepherds and Shepherd mixes. This critter was close, twenty yards or less away. It was BIG.....at least 90 pounds or better, way bigger than a coyote. It had a thick coat, (it's winter with snow on the ground) mottled grey, brown, dark brown and splashes of white. I looked through all the google search images and I think this critter I saw this morning was either a California Grey Wolf or a very close copy, i.e. a Coyote/German Shepherd cross of some type.
Wish I'd had my cell phone on me and could have taken a quick picture. But regardless....I think it's cool that it MIGHT have been a California Grey Wolf.....could be, maybe.
Now I know coyotes. I know coyo-dogs. I know Shepherds and Shepherd mixes. This critter was close, twenty yards or less away. It was BIG.....at least 90 pounds or better, way bigger than a coyote. It had a thick coat, (it's winter with snow on the ground) mottled grey, brown, dark brown and splashes of white. I looked through all the google search images and I think this critter I saw this morning was either a California Grey Wolf or a very close copy, i.e. a Coyote/German Shepherd cross of some type.
Wish I'd had my cell phone on me and could have taken a quick picture. But regardless....I think it's cool that it MIGHT have been a California Grey Wolf.....could be, maybe.
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