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.

Frankie Card of Johnsonville lives in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina, but has grown to like the Midlands, especially the Orangeburg County Fairgrounds and the Grand American Coon Hunt. Card and ...

"Some of the best coon dog trainers on planet Earth live in these mountains," the ad says. "They've forgotten more about coon hunting than most people learn in a lifetime." The ad also says ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 62nd annual Grand American Hunt and Show at Orangeburg County Fairgrounds features coonhound hunts, bench shows, ...

A lot of my puppies are used for hunting which is what the breed was bred to do They hunt mainly for food and to protect the ...

Chris Stoppelman says he'll never get the image out of his mind. It was early the morning of Sept. 18, and Stoppelman was on a nighttime coon hunt south of Gonvick, Minn., with his friend, Kila Butler ...

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 ...

The small campfire penetrated the surrounding darkness but offered little respite from the winter weather. The cold bit noses and ears while frost shrouded the trees of the surrounding forest. My ...