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ANIMAL TRACKING BASICS

by: Jon Young and Tiffany Morgan

Teaches the basics of being a successful tracker–explaining what to look for to find or id an animal and how to develop an essential environmental awareness. Describes aging tracks & sign, understanding ecology & mapping, keeping field notes, using track tools, & making casts. 25 illus, 100 B&W photos; 6×9 inches, 304 pgs.

0-8117-3326-2
978-0-8117-3326-7
Softcover
02-15-2007
Tracking, Trapping & Game Calling

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* Offers expert instruction and in-the-field advice for the novice and experienced tracker

Tracking wildlife successfully requires more than just looking for trails and scat. It requires an awareness of how an animal behaves in its environment–how it finds food, travels, and rests. A tracker must know how to find and interpret behavioral clues animals leave behind. This how-to book teaches the basics of being a successful tracker–explaining what to look for to find or identify an animal and how to develop an essential environmental awareness. Also describes aging tracks and sign, understanding ecology and mapping, keeping field notes, using track tools, and making casts.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Jon Young
is the founder of the Wilderness Awareness School and OWLink Media, Inc. He lives in San Gregario, California.

Tiffany Morgan has worked as an editor for The 8-Sided Mirror, the newsletter for the Shikari Tracking Guild, and as an assistant curriculum writer for tracking and nature-based correspondence courses. She has also participated in a variety of tracking research projects. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Details

ISBN: 0-8117-3326-2
Publisher: NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK
Publish Date: 02-15-2007

“ANIMAL TRACKING BASICS”

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