I am just curious as to who may be hunting this line on bear/cat/etc. I had a litter born in Jan 2009 who had Roy top and bottom (sire was a son of Roy and dam was a granddaughter). 2 female pups went on to hunt bear and were doing so by 6-7 months of age. One treed her own cub at 5 months (cub ran ...

Blueticks and Walkers originated from the English breed, not the other way around. If you bred an English to a Wallker or Bluetick, or if you bred a WalkerXBluetick cross, you can single register the dog as English in UKC, because, in theory, they are still the same breed, just different colors.