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The SAS Guide to Tracking
About this book
With a Foreword by John “Lofty” Wiseman, author of The SAS Survival Handbook!
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:
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
Information
Publisher
Lyons PressYear
2020eBook ISBN
9781493044313Edition
3Table of contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: The Briefing
- Part Two: The Pursuit
- Part Three: Advanced Skills
- Part Four: The Future
- Suggested Readings