I have not visited the cemetery, but I have heard so much about it. My boyfriend had 2 of the best dogs in Grant until one of them recently passed away. I learned what coon hunting is all about from her. She taught me alot.She was the first coon dog he had. We say she was a person inside a dogs body. He has a younger dog named Trapper, and he has learned from her. So you can say her Legend lives on.

I have not visited the Coon Dog Cemetary but have heard alot about it. My boyfriend has a Coon Dog, which he is still a puppy. I didn't know much or should I say nothing at all about coon dogs until I met him. At first I thought it was cruel but when he explained it to me my thoughts changed. Whomever started the Coon Dog cemetary this was a great idea---I know these men are very close to their dogs and they hold a special place in there heart. Hopefully one night I will experience the sound of barking echoes of his coon dog.

I am not a coon hunter, although several members of my family have been all of their lives. This is a sacred place for the hunter's best friend and should be treated as such. I have to say that as I read the various grave markers, one in particular stands out. It simply says "He wasn't the best, but he was the best I ever had". I stood there heartbroken and wept as I read this tribute. Thank God for these animals and for the folks who love them enough to make the journey to lay them to rest here.

my husband has coon dogs 3 of them.. i know that his dogs have a place in his and my hearts. i didn't like it at first but i grew to love it.. i hated the fact of running dogs i thought it was cruel.but once i found out that it was part of their life and instinct and i knew that they loved it.. i fell in love with all of it.the sounds of the dogs the late at night trips.. its great.. well bye

I don't have a coon hound, but I have always and will always have dogs.(I love big dogs - labs, aussies, shepherds, retreivers, muts). My dogs are usually the kind that find me. I have to admit my eyes got a little teary just reading the website, I plan on visiting soon.

Ive been hunting for ten years know. Aint nothing like running behind the dog in the dark. Hope to visit the old cemetery soon.

RANGERS LEAD THE WAY HOOAH!!!!!!!!!

"Where The Red Fern Grows" is one of my all-time favorite books. Anyone that hasn't read it, young or old, you are missing out. I've been to the Coon Dog Cemetery, and am going back soon to show some friends. It is just awesome. Great website!

I was going to ask the same question about the coon dog grave yard i sweet home alabama.I got my awnser.Thats really sweet.I have two coonhounds myself.I love them!!!!!!!!!!

The cemetry is beautiful!!! The eulogy hit the nail the head. Hope to have the honor of down the road placing a worthy friend to rest there. (Home of " Rough Country Sue" 6mth blk & tan. Roughstock Blue Bocephus" 5mth bluetick."Roughstock Copper" 5mth redbone.)My new start of hunting after being paralysed. Keep yourself on the tree and not tell yourself it's dead. god bless to all!!

My husband and I were watching Sweet Home Alabama and he noticed her sitting in a coon hound cemetery and said"I wonder if there really is a place like that." So I went straight to my computer and there it was. Unbelievable! My husband is a huge coon hunter. We have three dogs in the kennel as I speak. He can't wait to visit.

You have a great site.I can't think of any better honor for a coondog on this earth. I'm somewhat of a hunter and I enjoy what your doing.May God bless as you hunt for him. THANKS AGAIN.

We ran from a hurricane last season and wound up in the area. I picked up some brouchures and when I mentioned this, my nine year old HAD to see it! We spent some time reading the epitaphs and really enjoyed it. I am glad there is a website!

hope someday to visit. wished I could be buried there w/ my old coon dog. I cried when I 1st seen where THE RED FERN GROWS.

Stopped by the cemetery yesterday while turkey hunting in the area. I coon hunted some many years ago, and owned a couple of decent hounds. I know how attached one can become to four-legged critters, and am happy to know there is a special place for some of them to spend eternity.

I must admit I had a few tears in my eyes as I read the old headstones.

Im 18 years old and i have been coon hunting for 16 years now. I know funny i was being carried threw the woods before i could really talk. My grandfater is the one who started me. Im hunting a little walker female right now, but there are 2 hounds that i would have loved to layed to rest there. Rock was a open back walker. Just a hard treeing coon crazy SOB. Chyanne, this lil girl was taken when she was only five but was a direct Grand daughter to South Creek Rock. I know they both are both up on the bark ever night so it puts a smile on my face

I have heard of this place,but have never been.I have had few dogs in my past hunting years that where coondogs..but,there is one that stands out that I have had for right many years now THAT IS A GOOD COONDOG and holds a spot in my heart."Oh".. don't get me wrong he can still do his thing all night long.... "But" Like they say, he's had his better nights.The time is coming soon when I'll have to lay him down And, I really wanted to do something nice for him..I was wondering what I had to do,,to lay him at rest there. THANKS, Fellow Coonhunter

hi having a coonhound cemetary is great. If i would of learned about it sooner i would have buried my coonhound there.

I am so glad to see a cemetary just for coondogs.Me and my husband own several coondogs and we love them just like our kids. We love to go hunting as much as they do. We hope to get up there and see the graves of some of the best coondogs around!

I think it is a great thing that there is a final resting place for the hard hunted hounds of the past, present and future i myself have followed some of the greatest hounds you'll ever see work a track im just glad yall have built a place were people can see how much a hunter loves his hound a hound to me is not a dog or an animal but a person may god bless you keep them hounds singin goodluck and good huntin