In order to be buried at Coon Dog Cemetery in northern Alabama, a dog must have a proven track record for hunting raccoons. It's a tradition that... A Resting Place For Hunting Hounds In Alabama ...

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.

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 ...

Franky Hatton has two dogs buried in the Key Underwood Memorial Coon Dog Cemetery in Cherokee. The second hound was laid to rest in August 30 years ago, but his connection to the sacred hunting ...

Discussing the best hunting dogs for various game is kind of like arguing whether a Chevy or Ford is better: No one ever changes camps because they’re happy with what they’ve got. Still, we’re going ...

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 ...

DARRACOTT – More than 80 years of hunting and who knows how many coon dogs through those decades paid off for Buddy Mobley, who was recently inducted into the Professional Kennel Club’s Hall of Fame ...

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 ...

1 of 4 — Franky Hatton and Cletis pose in front of the gravestones of Hatton's champion coon hounds at Coon Dog Cemetery. Seventy-five years ago, Key Underwood and his raccoon-hunting dog Troop had a ...