Dunno, The only time I ever went "coon huntin'" it was just an excuse
for rednecks to sit by a fire in the woods and drink beer. I am not
sure anyone even had a gun (I didn't). I know we never saw a raccoon
but the dogs were barking at something.
If they jump a rabbit they'll bark and give chase. The 'coon hunter can tell the difference between
that bark and a 'tree'd 'coon' bark. The dogs do the hunting, and when they tree a 'coon, they raise
a hell of a fuss. We were teens, so we didn't sit around a fire drinking. We did sit down once
waiting for the dogs to get a 'coon treed, and we both fell asleep. We woke the next morning with
about ten dogs all snuggled up around us.