Unfortunately, if this is true, this accident can become a federal offense. If the animal was full grown it should've been easy to tell the difference. I think the problems occur when you're in an area where you don't even think of a wolf when you are used to seeing coyotes. If you're in an area where both live I think "you may mistake a coyote for a wolf, but you will never mistake a wolf for a coyote."[/QUOt
Grew up north of Mountain. Never seen any back then. However saw one a few years ago between Edinburg and Mountain.
So there are a few around.
Because it's a federal matter and the state doesn't actually state that anywhere.
The game fish doesn't say they are never here just that there is no know resident pack. Now I've heard about a pack here and there but never see much in the way of actual proof especially when put up against mountain lions who are far better at ghosting through an area compared to wolves.The state says there are none in the state so how can you be charged
That is different than what marksman said.I believe what I have heard them say in the past is that we get transient wolves and we don't have an established pack. Oddly, they seem to be kind of like bears in that they only come here to die.
i think the tell-tale sign would be hearing them at night. they are pretty vocal animals from what i understand. and a fella can't mistake the howl of a wolf for anything else.
The state says there are none in the state so how can you be charged