During bear-hunting season in 1942, the Citizen-Times celebrated the Plott hound, now the state dog, being loaded up here. Writer Jack Ruffing and photographer Frank Clodfelter joined the Hazel Creek ...

Imagine a dog breed so loyal and hardworking for centuries that it became a symbol of an entire state. The Plott Hound, the official North Carolina state dog, is more than just a breed, as it's a ...

Hound hunting, a centuries-old practice, is when hunters use dogs to chase game. In New Hampshire, it’s legal and requires permitting most of the time. Credit: Michelle Hilton / New Hampshire Bulletin ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Larry Case's outdoors column, which has appeared in the Times Free Press since September 2015 under the title "The Trail Less Traveled," will now be known as "Guns & Cornbread" - which ...