A friend of mine has a female walker and a male black and tan, the walker caught on to coon huntin very quickly, which i have heard is common for female walkers. But the Black and Tan did not, and he is gettin very frustrated with him, he is about a year old, last night we took him out and he barked a few times at a treed coon and tracked a scent trail we had placed,but it was a simple trail. Never the less we were encouraged. My question is, does it take two years for most male black and Tans to catch on, or is their something wrong with him, is it common for it to take this long, if not two years, than how long? thank you for your time, i really need an answer to this. You can E-Mail me at REDNEK86@aol.com. Thanx everyone, happy huntin.