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 ...

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 ...

People hunt raccoons for many reasons. Some hunt for the thick, warm fur. Others like the taste of raccoon meat, some hunt raccoon for the sport and some for all of the above. No matter the reasons ...

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 ...

Releasing trout, regulations in CWD surveillance zones, squirrel and raccoon hunting with dogs. Releasing trout into remote streams in the Red River Gorge; special regulations in CWD surveillance ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 20—WHITLEY COUNTY — On December 14, Whitley East Elementary School in Siler will host "Coon Hunting for a Cause," a community ...

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 ...

1 of 4 — Franky Hatton and Cletis pose in front of the gravestones of Hatton's champion coon hounds at Coon Dog Cemetery. Seventy-five years ago, Key Underwood and his raccoon-hunting dog Troop had a ...