MASTERING TRACKING PART II

“The aim of this article is not to print a lot of drawings of animal tracks but to give information on how to identify tracks.”

The aim of this article is not to print a lot of drawings of animal tracks but to give information on how to identify tracks. There are numerous books, pamphlets and charts that illustrate the different tracks with lengths, width, strides and straddles, all information that has been collected over many years and by different people. Knowledge was passed on from hunter-gatherers, game rangers, guides, trackers and hunters. Many of them could have had a Master’s degree in this field (although some of them were illiterate). One aspect stands out in all the works that have been done: Very few of the illustrated tracks are