1950kid,
I don't coon hunt in the traditional manner. I hunt in the day in barns and brushpiles. If I were to coon hunt like everyone else, it would make it difficult but I think one could teach the dog to chase rabbits in the day, coons at night. A little extra effort. I use my dog to hunt everything so I 'm not to picky what he flushes. He has flushed snowshoes, grouse and woodcock and then dove under a brushpile after a coon. Eveyone tells me if I let him kill raccoons he will be hard mouthed but I haven't seen a problem with this. Is my jagd as good as a coonhound? No, but we bring the fur. Is he as good as a beagle? No, but we get the rabbits (more flush and roll than drive and roll). Can a beagle hunt birds, coons, or hogs as as well? Not that I have seen. As we see generalist take some training but work well.
Fatguy
PS When I get another dog it will be a wachtelhund. This is a dog that could trail coons, rabbits, birds and hogs. A breeder in my neck of the woods is trying to train his wachtelhund to hunt bear along with everything else. Just a thought.