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 ...

“Listen,” Uncle Sonny said, “the dogs are treed.” I was lying on my back, atop the dog box in the back of the truck, looking up at an inky black sky laced with uncountable numbers of twinkling stars.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A fast, loud and fiercely loyal hunting dog with deep Kentucky roots is officially getting statewide recognition. The Treeing Walker Coonhound would be designated as Kentucky’s ...

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 ...