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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The trip involves spending three full days in the woods. Camp is set up away from roads and buildings. Turkey hunting takes ...

Raccoons earned their place as the state wild animal of Tennessee by supporting the state economy and thriving in changing ...