. ▁It ▁was ▁possible ▁to ▁catch ▁ten ▁racc o ons ▁per ▁night ▁in ▁well - pop ulated ▁areas , ▁with ▁good ▁dogs . ▁One ▁out do ors ▁writer ▁estimated ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁there ▁were ▁ 3 0 ▁to ▁ 4 0 ▁thousand ▁co on ▁hun ters ▁in ▁Michigan ▁alone . ▁This ▁market ▁hunting ▁largely ▁died ▁out ▁by ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁estimated ▁that ▁during ▁the ▁fur ▁bo om ▁tra pping ▁took ▁more ▁racc o ons ▁than ▁hunting ▁with ▁dogs . ▁ ▁The ▁practice ▁of ▁co on ▁hunting ▁is ▁sometimes ▁associated ▁with ▁pos sum ▁hunting , ▁since ▁the ▁same ▁dogs ▁were ▁often ▁used , ▁the ▁animals ▁are ▁both ▁clim bers ▁by ▁nature , ▁and ▁are ▁common ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁ge ographic ▁areas . ▁However , ▁op os sum s ▁are ▁critic ized ▁for ▁being ▁too ▁easy ▁to ▁h unt ▁and ▁too ▁gre asy ▁to ▁be ▁ed ible ▁if ▁killed , ▁and ▁are ▁s eld om ▁h unted ▁today . ▁ ▁Co on ▁hunting ▁continues ▁to ▁be ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁rural ▁South ▁and ▁Mid west . ▁The ▁Indian apolis ▁Star ▁noted ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁article ▁that ▁while ▁some ▁co on ▁hun ters ▁are ▁" over alls - cl ad ▁people ▁from ▁the ▁back wood s ", ▁some ▁ear n ▁six - figure ▁sal aries , ▁and ▁a ▁top ▁co on h ound ▁can ▁cost ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁$ 4 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁Media ▁and ▁culture