Nobody seemed tired, even well after midnight. Perhaps it was the post-hunt camaraderie. Or maybe it was the chili and beef stew. Even the youngest ones seemed spry. More than 150 people crowded into ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Labor Day there's a group of people who gather in an Ala. cemetery to honor the hard work of man's best friend. In this encore presentation, NPR's Debbie Elliott takes us to a remote hillside where ...

My brother, Dr. William Mason of Little Rock, and I share a rambunctious memory of a raccoon hunt--one that didn't go as expected. I was a senior in high school, talking to William, who is five years ...