A dog barking at 2 in the morning is not what most people want to hear, but for raccoon hunters it's a delight. It also can mean big bucks. "I have won over $10,000 in one year," says coon hunter ...

Reading the article in Mountain Xpress promoting Coon Dog Day in Saluda [“Free Barking: You Won’t Get Hounded by a Lot of Rules at Coon Dog Day,” July 5], I found myself drawn back in time to a ...

As a fat stupid 7-year-old, I was excited when my Mother told me we were going “coon” hunting in Horn’s Valley; that’s racoon hunting for you city folks. I knew that I would get to carry my .410 ...

“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.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - During the summer and school year, basketball "is life" for Oakland Middle eighth-grader Allie Hopkins. But when extended weekends and school breaks come around, she's more ...

On Labor Day there's a group of people who gather in an Ala. cemetery to honor the hard work of man's best friend. In this encore presentation, NPR's Debbie Elliott takes us to a remote hillside where ...