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.

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 ...

Local residents and visitors gathered in downtown Tahlequah this weekend for the annual Red Fern Festival, enjoying new and old activities, live music and a wide array of food. The festival is one of ...

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 ...

The unexpected death of a Philadelphia hunter saddened those who knew him, but how he died couldn't have been more suited for a man so dedicated to a sport. Charles Roberts was well-known in the ...

Some folks are afraid of the dark or leery of things that go bump in the night. But if you like to run coons with hounds then you better have no fear of either. Coon hunters like dark nights, no moon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An old illustration showing two coonhounds fighting with a raccoon in a river. (Illustration by John Gould / Outdoor Life) You go ...

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 ...

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) and the S.C. Coon Hunters Association are hosting a series of nine youth coon hunts around the state starting in October and ending in February. The ...