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 ...

A dog barking at 2 in the morning is not what most people want to hear, but for raccoon hunters it's a delight. It also can mean big bucks. "I have won over $10,000 in one year," says coon hunter ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Charles Osborne hunted deer and bear for 20 years before taking up raccoon hunting five years ago. Now, the coons are all he hunts. When Osborne hunted deer, he had 30 other hunters to contend with ...

The sun slipped through the fingertips of winter-barren sweetgum trees as a trio of hunters drove along a Pender County gravel road. Turning onto a rain-slicked trail, they parked pickups and dropped ...

Raccoon hunting. It's a sport that has been around since Daniel Boone sought them, ate them, and made hats from their rich, dark fur. Generations of men and boys have taken to the November and ...