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.

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 ...

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 ...