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.

It was Christmas Day when Wattsburg resident Kayla Zocki’s Australian shepherd jumped out of her Jeep and took off into the woods. “I put it on every social media thing I could think of. I put it on ...

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 ...

Curt Ahring readies his three generations of award-winning coon hounds for passersby to see at the Orangeburg County Fairgrounds agricultural shed. He moves effortlessly among the dogs, handling them ...

If you enjoy the bonding experience of seeing a young dog mature into a hunting sport, you may want to consider getting a coon dog. Efforts are underway to introduce more people to the sport of having ...

DARRACOTT – More than 80 years of hunting and who knows how many coon dogs through those decades paid off for Buddy Mobley, who was recently inducted into the Professional Kennel Club’s Hall of Fame ...

This story, “Jug Head — a Coon Dog!” originally ran in the January 1949 issue of Outdoor Life.

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 ...

Nov. 20—WHITLEY COUNTY — On December 14, Whitley East Elementary School in Siler will host "Coon Hunting for a Cause," a community-driven event organized by Matt Rose and Debra Elliott. This event ...

THERE’S BIG MONEY in competitive raccoon hunting. When the world championship left Kentucky in 2009, officials estimated that the loss would cost the state some $3.5 million in total economic impact.