SAS Guide to Tracking, New and Revised
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Beschreibung:
Anyone who has spent any time outdoors has come across strange tracks and wondered, “What was here?” In this new and revised edition of The SAS Guide to Tracking, a veteran of Britain's elite Special Air Service shows how to track any moving thing, in any environment, and under nearly any circumstance. An essential handbook for developing a new awareness of the outdoors, this book is the perfect companion for naturalists, outdoorspeople, hunters, wildlife photographers, search-and-rescue teams, and law enforcement organizations.
Included are tips on:
- Tracking in desert, forest, jungle, marsh, and grassy areas
- Interpreting animal, human, and vehicle signs
- Preserving night vision
- Using time frames to eliminate misleading signs
- Detecting quarry when they backtrack or circle around
- Interpreting how time and weather affect signs
- Spotting intentionally misleading signs
With a Foreword by John “Lofty” Wiseman, author of The SAS Survival Handbook
Anyone who has spent even a little time outdoors has come across strange tracks left by animals of people and wondered “what was here?” In this practical guide, former-SAS member Bob Carss shows how to track any moving thing, in any environment, and under nearly any circumstance. He begins by explaining common terms, such as a “top sign”, markings left above ankle height; “pointers”, signs that tell the general direction of the quarry; and a “conclusive sign,” markings that confirm the quarry's presence. The difference between tracks left by quarry and false tracks are described, as well as how a pattern of signs builds into the tracking picture – the overall movement, direction, and motivation of the quarry. Included are tips on:
- Tracking in desert, forest, jungle, marsh, and grassy areas
- Interpreting animal, human, and vehicle signs
- How to preserve night vision
- Using time frames to eliminate misleading signs
- Detecting quarry when they backtrack or circle around
- How time and weather affect signs
- How to spot intentionally misleading signs
The SAS Guide to Tracking is a remarkable guide to developing a new awareness of the outdoors and is the perfect companion for naturalists, outdoorspeople, hunters, wildlife photographers, search-and-rescue teams, and law enforcement.
The SAS Guide to Tracking, New and Revised
Part One: The Briefing
- Tracking today – some modern applications
- Some definitions and explanations
- Sign in tracking – defined and explained
- Factors affecting sign
- The attributes of a tracker
Part Two: The Pursuit
- Observation indoors
- Observation out-of-doors
- Observation of the individual
- The principles of stalking
- Stalking techniques
- Night movement
- The track pursuit drill
- Deception tactics
- Judging the age of sign
- Deductive skills
- The lost track drill
Part Three: Advanced skills
- Training trackers
- Military tracking
- Dogs and tracking
- Map-reading
- Human prints
- Animal prints
- Vehicle sign
- Preserving prints
Part Four: The Future
- Developments in tracking
Index