NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/pets/dogs/15637

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Subject: Coon Hunting
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Date: 3 Jan 93 07:02:29 GMT
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In regards to the question about Coon hunting......I can only relay
to you *my* personal experiences with Coon Hunting, but here in
the South *smile*, in Mississippi.....when I was a little girl
growing up, that was....and still is today, a big sport in Jasper
County.  And so is Fox Hunting.....neither require or use horses.
*smile*  Anyway......for Coon Hunting the coon is treed and that is it.
My uncles are the ones who loved it so and they never killed the
coon or cut down the trees.  I have read that some do.  But I wanted
to tell you that that is not a *common* practice, at least not here.

Fox Hunting is a different story.....here, and most everywhere I
have read, the hunt goes on until the dogs either finally catch the
poor, tired fox, or the sly one gets away, whichever happsn first.

Hope that helps some....but I bet you will get different stories
from different areas of the country...this is one from the South
for you...Mississippi to be exact.  *smile*

Suzanne