Tracking and Reading Sign: A Guide to Mastering the Original Forensic Science

by Len McDougall

Whether you are tracking a white-tailed deer or pondering what four-legged creature visited your backyard during the night, Tracking and Reading Sign is a colorful, practical tool that makes experience nature entertaining and fun. Outdoorsman Len McDougall offers an introduction to the principles of tracking and reading sign that will help you spot and analyze tracks, prints, gaits, scats, and animal behavior. With full-color photographs illustrating every important nuance, McDougall makes this important outdoor skill as easy as possible and profiles more than twenty different essential animals, listing basic characteristics, tracks, habitat, diet, behaviors, and common relatives. He
Whitetailed deer
American Elk
Raccoon
Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
Mountain Lion
And more
The definitive one-stop guide for any person looking for a better understanding of our animal neighbors, Tracking and Reading Sign educates and makes the outdoors more exciting.

Genres: Nature

184 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Len McDougall is a full-time outdoor writer, professional photographer, and illustrator with more than thirty years’ experience in the North Woods. His books include Tracking and Reading Sign, The Complete Tracker, Practical Outdoor Survival and The Self-Reliance Manifesto. He lives in Paradise, Michigan.

Reviews

[Josh Mauzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding !!

I would recommend this to anyone wanting to learn ! Tracking is becoming a lost art I believe. As an avid hunter /outdoorsman, I have harvested game and tracked very short distances. But never really thought about it deeply. Thanks to this book I will definitely enjoy trying to read signs during hikes and the like.
Thanks Mr. McDougall

[Steven West · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simultaneous to reading this book, I was reading another book called The Science and Art of Tracking. In a lot of ways the two books filled out one anothers shortcomings. This one really expressed the "Whys," with tons of information on habits and traits and scenarios worth seeking out with tracking, but very little towards interpreting tracks, i.e. the "Hows." Coupled with the vastly over-technical, rigorous approach of the S&A of Tracking, these two give a good place to start.

[Donald W. DeCoster, III · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Book on the Basics!

I bought this book for my stepson to read in preparation for his first hunt when the Spring Turkey season opens next year. This book covers all the fundamentals of Tracking and is an enjoyable read.

[Zach]

This is an excellent book with the proper scaffolding to ensure trackers of all skill levels grow in mastery. A fun read too.