Those fur-trimmed parkas so common on city sidewalks have become a boon to backwoods trappers. Coyote fur pelts are in big demand to provide the lush, silvery or tawny-tinged arcs of fur on the hoods ...

But he remembers the heyday of coyote fur prices in the '70s, when a prime pelt could fetch $100. A retired Missoula high school teacher, Johnson sends his pelts to the largest fur auction company in ...