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 ...

Discussing the best hunting dogs for various game is kind of like arguing whether a Chevy or Ford is better: No one ever changes camps because they’re happy with what they’ve got. Still, we’re going ...

This story, “Jug Head — a Coon Dog!” originally ran in the January 1949 issue of Outdoor Life. IT WAS MAC who brought the new dog home. We had argued for a month, he and George and I, as to whether we ...

The coon hunt involves scoring dogs on locating and treeing raccoons, which are not killed. The Grand American for both men is a place for many to come together and spend time with others in the ...

I overheard a group of fellas in a restaurant talking about the 40th Grand American Hunt and Show that is scheduled for Jan. 7-8. They were boasting about their beloved dogs, and one of the guys said ...

This forest of pine and hickory in the hills of north Alabama isn’t necessarily where these coonhounds used to hunt. While some spent dark and dewy nights of yesteryear sprinting after raccoons and ...

LITCHFIELD, Minn. (AP) -- Cody O'Connor, 12 and partially deaf, has been up nights straining his ears for the sound of his lost coon-hunting dog, Herbie. The boy and the 5-year-old Walker coon hound ...