Tracking book?

PropThePolecat

PropThePolecat

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Hey all

Went for a walk in the woods today and saw a load of tracks, some i recognized but most of them i didnt what was.

Made a thread here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=705095 asking for help to ID a set of tracks and now id like to hear what tracking book you all recommend.

Books, online PDF's, websites...anything good is greatly appreciated.

Most of my trips take place in Scandinavia, so books on European fauna would be preferred, but North-American fauna is good enough too as many of the animals here are present in North-America too.

EDIT: Clear pictures in the book would be a great plus!

Thanks
 
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Animal tracks and signs by Bang Dahlstrom and also the Hamlyn guide called Animals: Tracks,trails and signs.

Both great books.
 
I love my tracking books, got a few:

'Tracking: A Blueprint for Learning How' by Jack Kearney, a borderlands Tracker, with a human tracking focus...

'Tracking and the Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Tracks and Sign': by Paul Rezendes has some good pics...

'The Science and Art of Tracking' by Tom Brown is an excellent book which delves into track pressure releases...

'The Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking' is a introduction into basic awareness and animal sign, as awareness is tracking....

'Peterson's Animal Tracks' is a good basic guide. For Europe, it would cover many of the common species...

'The Art of Tracking, The Origin of Science' by Louis Liebenberg is a good book on the history and development of tracking all over the world.
 
Also found this Bird tracking book for Europe, but haven't look through it myself:

Tracks and Signs of the Birds of Britain and Europe (Helm Identification Guides)

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I agree with paleojoe here....

Two of my favorites are 'The Science and Art of Tracking' and the Peterson Guides. Though, they often measure the outside of the track rather than the "true track" itself. That's not a big problem for the beginer anyway.

Rick
 
Do any of the books you mentioned have anything on tracking boar? Not just tracks on the ground, but what kind of signs they leave and so forth.
 
Peterson's 'Animal Tracks' discusses boar and wild pig and briefly on the commonalities and differences between them. It shows track pics, scat pics and measurements, as well as discussing common habits, rubs, but not much on other various boar sign pics.

The two mentioned by pitdog seem to be UK based and may have more pictures in the way of boar sign...
Online I'm sure there is a plethora of collected info regarding boar and sign as well if this is your focus.... Such as:http://www.huntingsociety.org/Boarhunting.html has a good collection of boar info...
 
Although I own quite a few books on animals sign and tracking (aside from enjoying interpreting wildlife sign, I used to track carnivores for the USFS and Fish and Wildlife Depts) I would highly recommend the books by Mark Elbroch.
http://wildlifetrackers.com/markelbroch/

Each one of his books serve a valuable position in my library; they are very informative with amazing photographs.
They are pricey though, but you won't regret purchasing any one of his books.
 
Wapiti said:
Although I own quite a few books on animals sign and tracking (aside from enjoying interpreting wildlife sign, I used to track carnivores for the USFS and Fish and Wildlife Depts) I would highly recommend the books by Mark Elbroch.
http://wildlifetrackers.com/markelbroch/

Each one of his books serve a valuable position in my library; they are very informative with amazing photographs.
They are pricey though, but you won't regret purchasing any one of his books.
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Was looking at that just before, and its gotten good reviews on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811726266/qid=1136782502/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-8637580-5592133?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
 
These 2 work for me:

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I know some people don't like Tom Brown Jr, but I don't care.

The book is more about North American animals, but I don't think it really matters. Once you make the difference between canine, feline, cervidae and other tracks, you will have an idea of what you look at.
 
paleojoe said:
I love my tracking books, got a few:

'Tracking and the Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Tracks and Sign': by Paul Rezendes has some good pics...

'The Science and Art of Tracking' by Tom Brown is an excellent book which delves into track pressure releases...

'The Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking' is a introduction into basic awareness and animal sign, as awareness is tracking....
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Agreed. I have found these books very helpful.
 
Joel Stave said:
My brother gave me this book and its companion volume on birds for my birthday last year. Buy them. You won't be sorry. I can't say enough good things about these books.
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I already ordered it, and next month im getting another one on Scandinavian wildlife :D
 
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