Pennsylvania coonhound experts creating awareness to the sport

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If you enjoy the bonding experience of seeing a young dog mature into a hunting sport, you may want to consider getting a coon dog.

Efforts are underway to introduce more people to the sport of having dogs trail raccoons at night into a tree. It’sa sport that has local, regional, state and national competitions. The raccoons are trailed up a tree, but not killed in the competitions.

Greg "Sparky" McClellan of Stoystown holds his coon dog Jennings outside his kennel near Stoystown.

Greg “Sparky” McClellanof Stoystownhas been hunting with Bluetick coon dogs for 50 years. “I’ve been working off the same blood line for 22 years,” he said about having dogs with the right qualities and temperament.

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Herecently traveled to Virginia and Michigan to get new pups to add to his kennel. “We have three now. Four is plenty,” he said during an interview…

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