Just wondering how many of you know how to track animals? I got into it a while ago, about a year, and have since gotten much better but still not as good as I would like. It is fun to go out to the middle of nowhere for a day and try to follow an animal and think about what it was doing and why, and where it might have gone. So...how many of you can track animals or people?
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I know the basics and have done some tracking of humans, but by no means an expert. If anyone knows some links to information on how to improve, track types, techniques, I'd love to see some.
My Dad showed me a lot of tracking tips and stuff when I was a little boy and I wish I could remember all he ever taught me. I do remember him saying to think like the animal and to figure out where you would go next if I was that animal. He told me to look ahead and figure out their next move and to 'cast about' if I lost the trail.
I have also tracked men while I was working as a corrections officer at a state prison.
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the only thing i can track is where i left the remote and my car keys... dont have a clue as to track anything else... it may just come down to common sense and what to look for, but i cant do it...
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Im not bad..I help a guide company here and they have taught me a good deal about it..im no where near as good as them..but they have been at it for about 40yrs lol..its amazing how much you can learn from your elders if your willing:]
I can track animals, it helps me with my trapping. Most important thing is to think like the animal if you loose the trail. Ive never tracked humans, just animals
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I went to the first link I previously posted. It was there last night and how - poof - it's gone! Try try this link instead (it's better anyway!): Beartracker's Animal Tracks Den
I can alittle like tell older tracks from newer tracks depending on how sharp the edge of the print is, really helps when its winter you can tell by how full the track is with newer snow.
Tom Brown Jr's book on tracking is a great book. Lots of pictures and diagrams and illustrations.
Thinking like the animal you are trying to follow is important, like previously stated. Also, lots of people tend to look at the ground the whole time, and don't look up and see what is around them. Many times, especially in heavily forested areas, you can see the trail the animal took just by looking ahead. I've also gotten used to using a stick to "sweep" the ground with, it helps me focus on the ground to find a track.
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I once tracked a beaver for 4 yrs then finally on june 30 1990 I caught that beaver been fighting with it ever since . I just love beaver it tastes good.
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Tracking is not difficult at all. Besides the obvious TRACKS. all you have to to is LOOK at the general location your quarry went. Look at the leaves. See how some are turned up?. All it takes is a little time to learn what undisturb ground and distrubed ground looks like. Just a little practice.
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