SKILL PORTAL: TRACKING BASICS
Master these components of track identification from resources and your own field work:
Clear Prints
Gaits & Track Patterns
Soil Movement (or “pressure releases”)
Consistently apply a methodology of what to look at, to narrow down the choices and then make a confident identification even with marginal tracks.
FREE DOWNLOADS
HOW TO LEARN TRACKING
25 THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU GO TRACKING
TRACKING & THE 4 DIRECTIONS by Jim Lowery
CONSTRUCTING A DRAGGER TO PREPARE TRACKING SURFACES
PLASTER CASTING OF TRACKS
VIDEOS
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ADVANCED TRACK ID WEBINAR VIDEO VIDEO
You can also learn from our series of Gait Videos (diagonal walk, pace walk, gallop, bound, trot and lope), and Animal Movement videos (including wolf, mountain lion, red fox and raccoon) which offer a unique chance to visualize how track patterns are created.
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Field guide 3rd edition
Mammal tracking workbook I
Canid track identification monograph
Bounds, lopes & gallops monograph