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Find yourself in the pages of Full Cry as we dive into the archives of America's leading

tree dog publication.

Join us as we look back at decades of stories, articles, and more,

written by those bold enough to follow the echoes of a hound.

A Boys First Coon Hunt by Paul J. Lemley, from Elk City, Oklahoma.

From the February 1966 issue of Full Cry magazine, read by Bear Siragusa.

Ted Jobes is a 16-year-old boy that lives in Elk City.

He's in my 16-year-old Sunday school class.

Ted would come over to our house and play games with us.

I was always telling something that happened while I was coon hunting,

so Ted decided that he would like to go coon hunting.

We set the date for the next Friday night.

It came Friday night, and I got my hunting gear loaded and loaded old Pecos.

He was the only dog I had at that time.

Pecos is a grade hound.

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