tracking and trailing

Explains how to shadow a suspect, how to shake someone following you, how to track a suspect and cover your own tracks, and how to read animal tracks.

Draws from Native American traditions to show how to observe and "read" nature, revitalizing the senses of sight, smell, and taste, in order to track animals, move silently, and find lost individuals in the wilderness.

Presents information on ways to recognize animal tracks and become able to follow the path of an animal or human across various terrains, which includes leaf-covered areas, wood floors, roadways, and exposed bedrock; and also discusses the importance of awareness.

The author reveals seven of his experiences in tracking including finding missing children, dangerous criminals, and escaped wild animals.

Keeping a sharp eye out for clues like animal tracks and odors can help people identify the animals that have passed through an area.

Explains how to find and understand the signs made by animals around water, in the woods, and in the snow.

Presents information on the signs of over seventy species of wildlife, from coyotes to bobcats, birds, and turtles, with measurements and illustrations of tracks, scats, and gait patterns, instructions for documenting one's discoveries, and an identification key and glossary.