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 ...

Woodard shows one of Buck's pups, named Red Bayou Baldy. The line of dogs are among the most coveted coon dogs in the U.S. and Canada.

The South has long gone to the “coon dogs”—in a good way. This branch of scent hounds descended from English foxhounds first brought to the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries and remains ...

May 1—Red Fern Festival visitors heard the familiar sound of coon dogs at the April 29 Hound Dog Field Trials, where competitors met to test their canines' abilities and pay homage to the book and ...

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 ...