Tracking Test

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I guess I'm not the smartest ... only 9 for me, but the only one I really messed up was the grizz-black bear one. The other wrong ones I figure were unimportant, but I can only ask myself.... how many thing I don't know that I don't know?
 
Your score is: 9 out of 13

For someone who's never hunted or picked up the CORE Manual, I think I did not too bad :D
I'll rack that up to alot of good guesses LOL
 
10, Surprisingly i got some of the deer ones wrong. Maybe it was all luck? ...on the other hand i think it was simply 1377 skillz :D
 
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Great quiz. One of the deer ones threw me, but I definitely guessed on two.

Thanks for the post!
 
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tonyg said:
Everything in life is a repost if you live long enough. There are always new people coming along who have never seen things.
thanks for posting.:wave:

11/13 for me
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For sure! Don't be scared to post stuff. I'm new here and sometimes people post something and everyone screams "REPOST THIS IS SOOOO OLD!" and it's totally new to me. Thanks for the link. Way cool.
BTW i got 10/13. Totally uneducated guesses as i've never hunted before.
 
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Umm yeah, if you got like 1 out of 13 where would you start so next time that person did the test, they could get 13/13? The test said to go for a walk in the forest and you will learn but is there something online that will help you learn these things or is it all learned out in the field?
 
cereal83 said:
Umm yeah, if you got like 1 out of 13 where would you start so next time that person did the test, they could get 13/13? The test said to go for a walk in the forest and you will learn but is there something online that will help you learn these things or is it all learned out in the field?
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A good start would be to get yourself some tracking books. I recommend Tracking & the Art of Seeing - (How to Read Animal Tracks & Sign) by Paul Rezendes. This book is great for beginner trackers and as has great color pictures which really help.

Here are some other books I recommend.

-Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival
-Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking
-Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking
-Animal Tracking Basics by Jon Young
-Peterson Field to Animal Tracks by by Olaus J. Murie

Once you read some books, take one with you as a guide and get out in the woods, gravel pit, or sandy beach. There are tracks everywhere, you just have to learn how to see them, which takes alot of dirt time. The more signs you begin to recognize, the more tracks will appear.

Track yourself, your dog, your friend etc., etc. in various places. The first thing you'll realize in the woods is that most of the time you'll just see track compressions, toe/s,claw marks, scuffs, and other subtle sign. Finding pristine full tracks like in the mud or sand are far and few between.

Go slow, go low. Find every track the animal makes by measuring their stride and use your books as a reference. Track into the sun so the track shadows betray them. Morning and evening are best because the shadows are longer.

Good luck, have fun, and take a kid with you. :)
 
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