Comments on: Thoughts on Tracking

By: richfletch

richfletch — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:18:53 +0000

Dewey: I think you missed the point. I wasn’t worried about getting lost. The point is that we all have a signature gait and stride that leave a unique trail. In the case of my brother and I, our gait and stride were so similar that we walked the almost identical trail back to the vehicles.

I have used trail markers similar to the ones you sell. They work, but I seldom have them handy when I need them.
R

By: Dewey

Dewey — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:38:22 +0000

We use the reflective trail markers we sell on our site and have done so for over 10 years. We and friends use them for multiple purposes to be able to locate anything we wish in low light situations with very simple light sources.

It makes a hunt in early morning or late into the afternoon that may take you deep into the wilderness of the local national forest or the plot of land behing the house a little more enjoyable and alot more secure knowing it will be easy to find your way back out.

By: Dickie Byrd

Dickie Byrd — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:18:02 +0000

I grew up being very handicapped in the fact that everybody saw any game long before I saw it. It has always been that way for me. I rely on hearing more than seeing. Once I hear something I can usually then see it.

As for tracking, I used to think I was pretty good at it. I walked a mile down a steep road once then spent 4 hours hunting the hill across the valley. The bottom of the road was wet and had water running down it. When I came back there were fresh moose tracks in the road. A cow and a calf. I studied the tracks, they were in the wet road and there was clear water in the tacks, but none running through them. I figured they had walked up the road about 2 or 3 hours earlier. A bit farther up the road there were some fresh moose droppings. The were cold to the touch confirming my earlier annalysis. I stood up straight, walked at a good pace around a bend just ahead of. And there they were 50 feet in front of me. A cow moose with a new calf. So much for my “expert tracking ability”. I spent over an hour on that road with that cow and calf moose. It was too brushy to try and go a round her and she just wasn’t in any hurry.
Dickie