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.

Raccoon season is open in the summer, but I'll confess the last time I went 'coon hunting was in the winter of '78. That's when my roommate, Hog Ears, and I went raccoon hunting with Ernest, a ...

Every state has its favorites, but Tennessee’s choice of official wild animal often catches people off guard. Instead of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iowa House legislators recently proposed a bill that would use taxpayer dollars to pay Iowans to kill raccoons. The bill, House Study Bill 636, is intended to help control the raccoon population and ...

Even the stealthiest wild animals leave evidence of their passage through the woods and fields, and one of the most telltale calling cards is the humble turd. Call it scat, droppings, sign, or just ...