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Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 579 Location: Gallatin, TN
Real Name: Jason W. Gatliff
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:38 pm Post subject: Learning to Track |
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One of the least mentioned items of living history, is the art of tracking. It seems to me that the hunting pioneers would have been very knowledgeable in this area. I recently picked up a great book on the subject "The SAS guide to Tracking" even though this book is written from a modern perspective, it clearly recognizes tracking as a lost aboriginal art that as applications even today. I highly recommend this subject as something a Trekker should at least have a basic understanding of.
Submitted by: Gene S. - estevens@mc.net on March 15, 2003
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Sir William User
Joined: 11 Nov 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Virginia
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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I've taken several tracking courses with Jim Bruchac of the Ndakinna Center in New York and Jim Halfpenny of a Naturalist's World in Gardiner, MT (near Yellowstone).
http://www.ndakinnacenter.org/pages/calendar.php
http://www.tracknature.com/mm5/
Jim Bruchac teaches tracking skills of the Abenaki, while Jim Halfpenny uses a very scientific approach. They often dual-teach tracking courses in Yellowstone, so you get the benefit of both traditional and scientific methods.
Now I can't walk down a trail without automatically scanning for tracks and other sign - and I'll stop in a heartbeat to examine anything I see, to include wandering along the sign to read the story of what came by and what it did.
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Loyalist Dave User
Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Posts: 294
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Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:42 am Post subject: |
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I have the Tom Brown books. They seem pretty good.
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Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 78
Real Name: Mitch Post
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Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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I'll second the Tom Brown books....taught me a lot...the rest you must learn by doing, no amount of book knowledge can teach what the field teaches...."you can't cheat the mountains, the mountains got their own way".
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Joined: 21 Mar 2010 Posts: 15
Real Name: garry smith
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Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Hello all,
I would have to agree that tracking is something you have to learn from experience. While you can read about how to do it, it's alot better to have some with experience show you and take you under their wing so to speak. I would only consider myself a novice, but it's alot of fun to pick up a fresh trail and see where it goes. Even if you loose the trail, you'll learn something and have fun, too. I guess it's just nice being out walking thru the woods.
Good luck with your track. Garry
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