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.

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 ...

ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. — It's the 58th year of the Grand American Coon Hunt in Orangeburg County. Coonhounds compete in casts of four dogs to simulate a coon hunt. The Orangeburg County tradition was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coonhounds and Redbone Coonhounds. The Redbone Coonhound is an American breed of dog used for hunting raccoon, deer, bear, and cougar. The American Kennel Club standard says, "The Redbone mingles ...

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 ...

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 ...