Animal Tracking Basics by Jon Young

Animal Tracking Basics by Jon Young

Offers expert instruction and in-the-field advice for the novice and experienced trackerTracking 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.

Jon Young is a pioneer in the field of wildlife tracking and bird communication. He's been studying animal communication for 35 years and has been mentored by Tom Brown Jr, a well-known tracker, as well as an African tribe elder. Jon is the originator of the Shikari Method for data collecting, which is utilized by the USFWS, and the 8 Shields Cultural Mentoring System, a model that has inspired over 100 environmental programs in communities across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Jon has given over 1,000 public talks and coached many of his own students. Jon resides in Santa Cruz, California, with his wife and six children.

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ISBN 13	9780811733267
ISBN 10	0811733262
Title	Animal Tracking Basics
Author	Jon Young
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Stackpole Books
Year published	2007-02-01
Number of pages	304
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