You go out with coon dogs a dozen times, or maybe a hundred times, and the results are just so-so. Sure, you have fun. You strike coons and you chase them. You tree one 10 minutes after you put the ...

Sep. 16—JEFFERSON — Raccoons throughout northeastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania found themselves up a tree this weekend, as a coon hunting competition came to the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds.

AURORA, Ky. -- Dressed in his best Elvis outfit -- a shimmering white jumpsuit -- Wesley Sanford lovingly slipped a matching Elvis T-shirt on his favorite raccoon-hunting dog. That was Sanford's way ...

In order to be buried at Coon Dog Cemetery in northern Alabama, a dog must have a proven track record for hunting raccoons. It's a tradition that... A Resting Place For Hunting Hounds In Alabama ...

It is the largest annual event for Orangeburg County and is billed as the nation’s largest field trial for raccoon-hunting dogs. Coon hunters from across the country will descend upon the Orangeburg ...

This story, “Jug Head — a Coon Dog!” originally ran in the January 1949 issue of Outdoor Life. IT WAS MAC who brought the new dog home. We had argued for a month, he and George and I, as to whether we ...

AURORA, Ky. (AP) -- Raccoon hunters say it's the love of dogs, the thrill of a hunt and the drive for cash that sends them into the woods night after night with headlamps attached to their heads ...

As dusk falls over the woodlot, you'll start to hear dogs barking and cruising fencerows in search of fresh scent. It’s the telltale sound of coon hunting, in which dogs trail raccoons up into the ...

Blankenship has been charged in connection with the accepting of bribes from Buchanan County contractors, including cash, coon dogs, coon dog hunting trips, the construction of a coon dog kennel, and ...

No one can really say when it all began in earnest, but coon hunting has been a staple of families since the pioneer days. Raccoons have long been hunted for their valuable fur and tasty meet. A large ...

1 of 4 — Franky Hatton and Cletis pose in front of the gravestones of Hatton's champion coon hounds at Coon Dog Cemetery. 2 of 4 — Dogs buried here have to be proven hunters. 3 of 4 — The grave ...