They're a real problem around here. In part that's why our turkey population has dropped, that and farmers going to liquid manure. Over the summer my neighbor saw one coming into our backyards. He has a small dog and was worried about her so we took care of that yote.
Camp, can you tell me more about wolves in the ADK? What have you heard or seen?
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They certainly used to be more prevalent than what they are now, but they're still around. The biggest difference between the ADK coyote and wolf is size. A big male timber wolf can reach as big as 120+lbs. Trappers in the ADK have gotten a few. Some will say the ones trapped are truly long range wanderers from the north. I believe that with the size and remoteness of parts of the ADK the wolf is coming back. Just like the fisher cat is here in CNY.
My mom tells of a cat that reeked holy hell in bakers Mills. It was to the point where they weren't allowed to go to school until the hunted it down and killed it. It took them 3 days to find this cat and take care of it.
Long Island. I THINK we don't have them. We have foxes. Western Nassau, about 18 miles to Penn.
Also just realized, we have dolphins and whales, former certainly a mammalian predator, the latter is if you are a little shrimp (krill, no pun intended).
