GREG MAYNARD bows his head in prayer. It’s about an hour before sunset on a Friday in May, and the president of the ProSport Kennel Club is standing inside a clubhouse in western Indiana that looks ...

I just had a unique hunt. Charles Allen, owner of Knives of Alaska and DiamondBlade Knives called and said I want to have you and Ron Spomer down and we’ll go more in-depth on using the KOA ...

One of the popular reasons people go outdoors is to spend time with family and friends. If you are looking for an activity that really gets you outdoors, you might consider getting a coonhound. One of ...

THERE’S BIG MONEY in competitive raccoon hunting. When the world championship left Kentucky in 2009, officials estimated that the loss would cost the state some $3.5 million in total economic impact.

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 ...

One night a couple years ago, Carol Tripp and her husband returned to their central Iowa farm to find about 65 raccoons lined up at their cattle feeder, eating corn. Inside the nearby cattle shed, ...

Racoon hunting has been around for ages and it’s certainly a huge draw for locals. Because the animal is nocturnal, coon hunting takes place during the night. A typical hunt includes a guide and a non ...

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 ...

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 ...