Steve and His Coonhound Dogs

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Steve loved “Coon Hunting” at night with his dogs, “Fleagle” and I forget the name of his other dog.

I don’t have alot of photos of Steve and his dogs, but I have fond memories of his telling of his hunting outings.

Night Hunts

Steve hunted racoons at night, usually in the Bear Mountain State Park area. The main reason I knew he hunted in this area was because the NY State Park Police called our house several times after locating one his coonhounds that got separated from him during the hunt. The collar and dog tags made all the difference in the years before cell phones, internet and microchips were invented.

Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain is one of the best-known peaks of New York’s Hudson Highlands. Located partially in Orange County in the town of Highlands and partially in Rockland County in the town of Stony Point, it lends its name to the nearby Bear Mountain Bridge and Bear Mountain State Park that contains it.