Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
This is coywolf or aka eastern coyote footage shot behind a horse paddock in Hanover Virginia? This image showed up on the trail camera. There were 3 game video cameras set up in the area and two of the cameras captures this coyote/coywolf. There are coyote in Virginia, but I don't see them much in central Virginia. Here is the other video I captured January 2014 of probably the same coyote. youtu.be/scamx6hJOcA I have been in Pennsylvania and Canada, where there are no shortage of coyote running wild. You can hear them barking and yelping in the woods all the time. The hybrid coywolf, otherwise known as the Eastern Coyote, traveling further south. The coywolf is what it sounds like, a western coyote bred with a wolf. There are areas all over North America with a coyote population, but I have not seen coyote around the farm here in Hanover Virginia, only thirty minutes north of Richmond and that's why I was a little shocked to see one on the game camera. Eastern coyote or coywolf are behaving slightly different as they tend to much smarter than the average coyote. See the Nature Channel special "Meet The Coywolf on PBS: pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/meet-the-coywolf/meet-the-coywolf/8605
I will say, the Moultrie game camera misses a lot of game and stops working well in freezing temperatures so there may have been a whole pack of coywolf or coyotes in front of the Moultrie trail camera and I wouldn't know. I plan on trying a more reputable game camera brand that actually has HD video capabilities. The Moultrie claims it records in 720 HD, but the processor just takes a 480 and digitally zooms it to be the size of a 720 HD format. Pretty shady if you ask me. This is obvious by the video quality seen here. Maybe I can get some better images of the coywolf in our area to share with you. Check out this video to learn about black bears and see the bear tracks that passed in front of our house. youtu.be/jd3bqonbySw
There are fox hunting clubs that hunt here in Virginia. Coyote and coywolf are not welcome since they do drive off fox. We definitely don't want the coywolf eating our chickens either. The coyote has few natural predators that live here. We do have bear, but no wolves or mountain lions that would help reduce the eastern coyote population. Here are the bear tracks we found in February 2014. Other reasons these coywolves and coyotes are not welcome is because they can be dangerous to livestock and pets. Eastern Coyotes can breed with dogs which can create a dangerous hybrid because they lose the natural fear of humans and keep the aggressive nature of the wild coyote. You sure don't want your children around the thing, much less yourself. Here is more information on the PBS website: pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/meet-the-coywolf/infographic-a-field-guide-to-the-coywolf-or-eastern-coyote/8663 . Please subscribe to our channel for more coywolf and coyote videos to come!
This is coywolf or aka eastern coyote footage shot behind a horse paddock in Hanover Virginia? This image showed up on the trail camera. There were 3 game video cameras set up in the area and two of the cameras captures this coyote/coywolf. There are coyote in Virginia, but I don't see them much in central Virginia. Here is the other video I captured January 2014 of probably the same coyote. youtu.be/scamx6hJOcA I have been in Pennsylvania and Canada, where there are no shortage of coyote running wild. You can hear them barking and yelping in the woods all the time. The hybrid coywolf, otherwise known as the Eastern Coyote, traveling further south. The coywolf is what it sounds like, a western coyote bred with a wolf. There are areas all over North America with a coyote population, but I have not seen coyote around the farm here in Hanover Virginia, only thirty minutes north of Richmond and that's why I was a little shocked to see one on the game camera. Eastern coyote or coywolf are behaving slightly different as they tend to much smarter than the average coyote. See the Nature Channel special "Meet The Coywolf on PBS: pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/meet-the-coywolf/meet-the-coywolf/8605
I will say, the Moultrie game camera misses a lot of game and stops working well in freezing temperatures so there may have been a whole pack of coywolf or coyotes in front of the Moultrie trail camera and I wouldn't know. I plan on trying a more reputable game camera brand that actually has HD video capabilities. The Moultrie claims it records in 720 HD, but the processor just takes a 480 and digitally zooms it to be the size of a 720 HD format. Pretty shady if you ask me. This is obvious by the video quality seen here. Maybe I can get some better images of the coywolf in our area to share with you. Check out this video to learn about black bears and see the bear tracks that passed in front of our house. youtu.be/jd3bqonbySw
There are fox hunting clubs that hunt here in Virginia. Coyote and coywolf are not welcome since they do drive off fox. We definitely don't want the coywolf eating our chickens either. The coyote has few natural predators that live here. We do have bear, but no wolves or mountain lions that would help reduce the eastern coyote population. Here are the bear tracks we found in February 2014. Other reasons these coywolves and coyotes are not welcome is because they can be dangerous to livestock and pets. Eastern Coyotes can breed with dogs which can create a dangerous hybrid because they lose the natural fear of humans and keep the aggressive nature of the wild coyote. You sure don't want your children around the thing, much less yourself. Here is more information on the PBS website: pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/meet-the-coywolf/infographic-a-field-guide-to-the-coywolf-or-eastern-coyote/8663 . Please subscribe to our channel for more coywolf and coyote videos to come!
