Tracking books

[Ed]

Hi Richard... I can't recommend a tracking school, but I can recommend a book.... 'Animal Tracks and Signs' by Preben Bang and Preben Dahlstrom, ...published by Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0198507968. Its a bible of animal track sign for european animals ..... superb.

:-D
Ed

[Richard]

Yes, I agree. Bang and Dhalstrom is a great book. Another good one specifically for British mammals is 'Mammal Detective' by Rob Strachan, although it doesn't go into gait patterns much. A good American animal tracking book is by Paul Rezendes called 'Tracking & the Art of Seeing'.

Thanks for the suggestions. Keep them coming.

[Justin Time]

Another useful book is "The Complete Guide to Tracking" by Bob Carrs. My copy was printed in in 1999. You quite often see it in the remainder-type bookshops although I note that there's a new printing out now, don't know whether it's a revised edition though.

Don't be put off by the "Written by an ex-SAS tracker" blurb it's not gung-ho or full of macho war stories.

Justin