keep in mind that blue ticks, english, red bones and plotts are more social than walkers. they tend to try to hunt close to the handler for a while. hunt him and hunt him consistantly. he will grow to learn what you want. a lot of ticks dont get their legs under them till about a year to 16 months old.
at least thats been my experience with them. when i was a kid my grandfather wouldnt even start a tick till they were a year old. and he had some good ones.

let him out last weekend and he ran for about 8 hours

im no pro but trained pleny of deer dogs crossed with (the tick)time and patience ull have a good houndjust watin

my dad hunted blue dogs and he always said by the time they are good, they are almost dead of old age

so did time pay off?