I have hunted coon with every kind of coon hound that i have ever heard of. blue tick, red tick, black and tans, red bones, plotts and walkers. i even hunted a few years ago with a half red bone and half pit bull. All will do the job some just have different styles. I grew up hunting more walkers than anything. My little red tick(english) bitch I had was the sweetest little dog I ever owned. Hunted er the better part of five years and the only trash she ever ran was when she honored another dog that was treeing a possum. I would take a good coon dog as long as it was house broke. I don't want two puppies at once just got a german shorthaired pointer.