not disagreeing or trying to undermine your argument, but curious (i'm in northern ohio). traditional coyotes, or the coyote-wolf-dog mix that is ubiquitous in the northeast ?
I don't know much about the geographic distribution of hybrids, but I've never seen anything other than the scraggly little western ones around San Diego; they're about 30 lbs soaking wet, nowhere near as big as the ones you see in New Hampshire or around Canada.