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.

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.

Nobody should feel menaced on their own property at night by trespassing men and boys flashing high-powered spotlights in their windows and shooting at creatures momentarily frozen in the light. Yet ...

No one can really say when it all began in earnest, but coon hunting has been a staple of families since the pioneer days. Raccoons have long been hunted for their valuable fur and tasty meet. A large ...

1 of 4 — Franky Hatton and Cletis pose in front of the gravestones of Hatton's champion coon hounds at Coon Dog Cemetery. 2 of 4 — Dogs buried here have to be proven hunters. 3 of 4 — The grave ...

Dave Smith knelt to the ground, exhaled a cloud of frosty breath and listened intently to the silence of the night. Along the edge of a field on the hillside above, the barking of dogs shattered the ...

Wildlife & Fisheries agents cited a Barataria man for alleged night hunting violations in Jefferson Parish on Dec. 13. Noel J. Schouest, 42, of Barataria, was ticketed for hunting wild game quadrupeds ...