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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

May 1—Red Fern Festival visitors heard the familiar sound of coon dogs at the April 29 Hound Dog Field Trials, where competitors met to test their canines' abilities and pay homage to the book and ...

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 ...