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.

Bobby Cotton has found a way to turn his hobby into a positive model for children in his hometown. Cotton is the “Coon Hunting Preacher.” “I’ve used this in a way as a ministry situation,” he said. He ...

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Coon hunting is a sport that brings people from all over Orangeburg County every year for its annual Grand American. Ray Conrad has been a vendor there for over 30 years and has ...

Dozens of coon dogs have been buried in the Key Underwood Memorial Coon Dog Graveyard since the first dog, Troop, was buried at the site of what was a popular hunting camp in 1937. The cemetery, ...

May 6—A rainy day out at the 2023 American Coon Hunters & Big Game Association (ACH & BGA) Youth World Event ended in Paradise last month. Local youth hunter Grayson Paradise, 15, finished the day as ...

The small campfire penetrated the surrounding darkness but offered little respite from the winter weather. The cold bit noses and ears while frost shrouded the trees of the surrounding forest. My ...

Fess Parker may have been the greatest PR man nationally for the raccoon. His “coon skin” hat adorned the heads of many a young boy and probably girl during the 50s and 60s as he portrayed both Davey ...

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 ...