Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An old illustration showing two coonhounds fighting with a raccoon in a river. (Illustration by John Gould / Outdoor Life) You go ...

COLBERT COUNTY, Ala. – It’s one of the most unique Labor Day events anywhere in the country. Hundreds if not thousands of people trek into the backwoods of Colbert County to celebrate the coon dog.

The purpose of this article is not to require a hunter to make a choice as to whether he should provide the most expensive funeral for his beloved coon dog or his faithful wife. The Coon Dog Cemetery ...

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 ...

To the rule that dogs can’t climb trees, photographs which filtered into metropolitan circulation last week furnished proof of a startling exception. At Clyde, Kans.— 200 mi. down the Republican River ...

After four straight years competing at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Redbone Coonhound Rebel and his handler and ...

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 ...

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 ...