Has anyone tried using wolf hybrids for coyote hunting?

[Bfh_auto]

My wife brought home a Heinz 57. It's a wolf, Malamute, Pitbull.
We have coyotes come in close to the house at night. I thought it was going to break the house trying to go after them.
It got me thinking that wolves hate coyotes. So what better way of getting a good coyote dog than crossing a wolf with a grey hound or something similar

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

Sounds like a good way to get someone mauled or worse, then get sued and lose everything you own.
Get rid if the wolf.

 

[redneck2]

My concern would be having an animal that has minimal fear of humans but the aggressive tendencies of a wild animal

There are guys around here that hunt coyotes with dogs all the time. Might find out what typical coyote hunters use. I personally dislike pit bulls, but I suspect they could hold their own

 

[MEHavey]

Our hybrid (`90-`03 was the smartest, gentlest, most predictable 4-legged animal I've ever had.
1. First 4 months was clear test of who was alpha in the family pack, and who was omega. That established, never challenged.
2. She HAD to have the family -- close/24-7/inside and out -- like a child she learned everything from the family, and learned constantly.
3. And like a child... if penned/chained up like a dog ... will go insane.

Raised as a member of the family, loved children -- and to gently take/eat hamburger bits & ice cream cones when offered under the table by other young local children at Baskin Robins.

Raised in a normal 1, 2, 3 environment, woooofs are NOT aggressive -- in fact are extremely shy and will back away from confrontation if/when at all possible.

-- BUT--

If you aren't willing/able/devote yourself and family to handle Steps 1-3 ... don't even think about it.


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[ridgerunner1965]

basically there are 2 ways to hunt coyotes with dogs.

hounds, who chase the coyotes until you can get close to them and shoot the coyote.

the other way is dogs that will run out to a spotted or called in coyote and try to lure it closer to the hunter.

a wolf hybred may possibly be able to run down a coyote and kill it. thats not common practice but i guess it could be done.

 

[Bfh_auto]

Our hybrid (`90-`12 was the smartest, gentlest, most predictable 4-legged animal I've ever had.
1. First 4 months was clear test of who was alpha in the family pack, and who was omega. That established, never challenged.
2. She HAD to have the family -- close/24-7/inside and out -- like a child she learned everything from the family, and learned constantly.
3. And like a child... if penned/chained up like a dog ... will go insane.

Raised as a member of the family, loved children -- and to gently take/eat hamburger bits & ice cream cones when offered under the table by other young local children at Baskin Robins.

Raised in a normal 1, 2, 3 environment, woooofs are NOT aggressive -- in fact are extremely shy and will back away from confrontation if/when at all possible.

-- BUT--

If you aren't willing/able/devote yourself and family to handle Steps 1-3 ... don't even think about it.


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The best way to describe this dog is noble. He listens, is attentive and quiet. There is something about the way he carries himself that is hard to describe.
My dogs are treated as well as my kids are.
Only difference is I use transmitter collars to keep my dogs inside a one acre section of my property.

 

[Bfh_auto]

Sounds like a good way to get someone mauled or worse then get sued and lose everything you own.
Get rid if the wolf.

My hound is more hostile to strangers than he is.

 

[Bfh_auto]

basically there are 2 ways to hunt coyotes with dogs.

hounds, who chase the coyotes until you can get close to them and shoot the coyote.

the other way is dogs that will run out to a spotted or called in coyote and try to lure it closer to the hunter.

a wolf hybred may possibly be able to run down a coyote and kill it. thats not common practice but i guess it could be done.

One of my friends runs a mix of catahoula, curs, and running walkers. He started breeding them with whippets and grey hounds.
They're some goofy looking dogs, but they work. When he started crossing them for speed, they started occasionally catching the coyotes.
I'm not a fan of dog fights. So I don't go with him.

 

[Patocazador]

Years ago I read of sight hounds (greyhounds, salukis, Afghans, etc.) running down coyotes and killing them. It was in one of the big outdoor magazines like Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, or Sports Afield. I remember they talked about driving in Kansas until a coyote was spotted then they turned out 2 or 3 greyhounds and watched with binoculars while they did the deed.

 

[Highland Lofts]

In an old Full Cry magazine (coon hound hunting magazine) there was a article about a guy who would call in coyotes and when thry got with in a certain distance he let his Airdale Terrers after them. They would run it down and kill them.
It probably takes a well seasond dog in great shape to run down a coyote.

 

[Bfh_auto]

In an old Full Cry magazine (coon hound hunting magazine) there was a article about a guy who would call in coyotes and when thry got with in a certain distance he let his Airdale Terrers after them. They would run it down and kill them.
It probably takes a well seasond dog in great shape to run down a coyote.

That's one way of doing it. It would work well for keeping a farm clear of coyotes without risking your dogs.
My struggle with running dogs is a lot of people let their great perenes run loose. My brother lost two walker pups to them and a friend lost 3 of his mixed breed hounds to them.

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

Many people in my rural neighborhood hunt coyotes with dogs. Almost all are hounds and most are Walkers. Greyhounds are used in open areas, they run on sight.
The guys I know rarely shoot a coyote, preferring to let the dogs catch them. They hunt in groups and dump fresh dogs out until the coyote gets tired. If a coyote can't make it to a hole or brush pile it will just lay down, exhausted, and be ripped apart by the dogs. Don't feel bad for the coyote, they do the same to everything they catch.

Keep in mind that many people have little tolerance for hounds running across their property and even less when a pack of hounds tears a coyote apart in one of their out buildings or the garage attached to their house. It happens several times every weekend in my part of the world.

 

[Highland Lofts]

My brother lives in Harpursville New York. Tjere was a group of guy from Pennsylvania who hunted that area with hounds. They had several nlocal guys hunt with them. Once you get their patterns down you get a good idea where they will break fron once area to the next and you post the shooters in these areas.
They were quit successful killing them.

 

[rdnktrkr]

I think all dogs when brought into a family will try to be the alpha and needs to be shown who is. SIL has a 120lb+ dog that is protective of the family and is as gentle as a stuffed teddy bear, he also tracks shot deer (takes up a LOT of cab space in the truck).
At our hunting property there has been a few dogs gone missing and we think it is because of a pack of coyotes, some were bigger size, makes me wonder if 1 dog would stand a chance.
I don't think I would like to see dogs fight coyotes

 

[Highland Lofts]

Coyotes and wolves have territories. When other dogs enter with in these eet parimiters, it doesn't matter what breed of size the pack in control will defend that territory if they think they have the upper hand.
A pack of walker hound doges against coyotes have the upper hand. When out hunting coyotes they drive around and look for a single fresh coyote track gorbthe dogs to run.
Day time coyotes will hunt food alone, small stuff like mice, voles, rabbits or any other type of smsll game.
Night time they pack.up and hunt as a pack and hunt bigger game. So the playing field canges from day to night.

Wolves on the other hand are a continous pack animal most of the time and hunt larger game most of the time. So they will and have the means to fight any intruding threat to thier territory. Out west here where hunting cougars and bears the guys will lose hound dogs to the established wolf packs. It a fact of life.

I know a few guys who hunt rabbits with beagles who have lost dogs to coyotes over the years.
Same situation as the wolves but on a larger scale.

I know a woman over in Benton City Washington who owns a couple of riding horses. She was out for a ride on some Federal land and took her older German Shepard along. It is dessert terrain over there in that Eastern part of the State. A single wolf came fairly close to her, the horse & the dog.
The German Shepard took off after the wolf, about a 1/2 mile away the rest of the pack closed in on the German Shepard and chased it down & killed it with in her eye sight.

In New Jersey a woman had a Dashound, she was taking it for a walk on a public trail out of town and a single coyote chased that dashound out of sight, caught it and killed it. She seen the begining of the chase so she knows what was happening.
If she had a large dog against one coyote I dought it would of got killed by a single coyote.

 

[Bfh_auto]

I think all dogs when brought into a family will try to be the alpha and needs to be shown who is. SIL has a 120lb+ dog that is protective of the family and is as gentle as a stuffed teddy bear, he also tracks shot deer (takes up a LOT of cab space in the truck).
At our hunting property there has been a few dogs gone missing and we think it is because of a pack of coyotes, some were bigger size, makes me wonder if 1 dog would stand a chance.
I don't think I would like to see dogs fight coyotes

This is completely true. Every dog I've had has tried to become alpha. A lot of people don't realize it and think their dog is just disobedient. In reality it's the boss.
I don't like dogs fighting anything. I know it's their nature. But I try to keep it to a minimum.

 

[Jack B.]

The only way to have a large or aggressive dog is it must obey the owners voice commands without fail. Regardless of what the dog is doing if the owner says stop the dog will stop what it is doing. The owner is in the end responsible for what his animal does. IMO.

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

I think all dogs when brought into a family will try to be the alpha and needs to be shown who is

Some do, defiantly not all.
The breed of dog and the the bloodlines of a dog are a large factor.