My pocket knife is 3 1/2 inches long, about the length of this track. This is not a large lion or a small one either. The ground is soft, which is why the track shows at all. On hard ground one seldom spots lion tracks. This lion track was found on a road that also held [...]
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Mountain Lion Track on Freshly Graded Road
Posted in blacktail deer, Mountain lions, tracking, tagged Cougar Track on May 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Ranch Visit, Spring Maintainance
Posted in Farm Management, Ranch Management, tracking, turkey vultures, wildlife, tagged Spring repair, wild pigs on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’re considering doing some significant work on a key spring at the ranch. The project will include installing a new spring box and a couple of modern troughs. Of the two troughs currently in place, one doesn’t work at all and the other won’t last too much longer. This work will insure a longer life for [...]
Observations While Tracking Mule Deer in Snow
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, tracking on November 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On the BC deer hunt, my guide Wes Phillips recommended that we try to locate buck tracks along a road and then track the deer down. Although was made several attempts, we never quite caught up with the bucks we followed, but we came close. On one occasion we caught up to a yearling doe [...]
Bear Tree and Black Bear Sign
Posted in black bears, tracking, tagged Black bear sign, Black bear tracks on October 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As my cousin Wes and I watched the big bear, he walked into a patch of timber. He approached a tree and stood tall, apparently using it for a scratching post. He then turned and rubbed his back. It was a back scratcher as well. We took note of the tree, but didn’t get a [...]
Tracking the Coyote
Posted in animal tracks, Coyotes, tracking, tagged animal tracks, coyote tracks, Coyotes on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The coyote is the most visible predator in our region and probably in North America. Its tracks can be found in most wild places in California and elsewhere in the West. The coyote is a canine and its track patterns are very similar to all canines including foxes and wolves. The tracks below were sketched [...]
Tracking the Black Bear
Posted in black bears, outdoors, tracking, wildlife conservation, tagged animal tracks on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While archery hunting for mule deer in the Hoover Wilderness in 1991, I noticed that the well-warn trail leading into the hunting area was littered with animal tracks each morning only to be erased by human travelers during the day. One morning I arose early and took a few minutes to observe, measure and sketch [...]
Thoughts on Tracking
Posted in animal tracks, Deer hunting, outdoors, tracking on March 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Our tracks and the tracks of the pursued are intricately woven into the land that we live on. We cannot escape from the mold that we have been placed into. Every creature leaves a unique trail in its path. The ability to decipher this trail and follow or learn about the one who left it [...]
Mule Deer Tracks
Posted in animal tracks, mule deer, outdoors, tracking on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I few years ago I took some notes in my notebook about the set of tracks described above. Later I transfered my sketch to piece of paper. The track was interesting because it showed more than just a set of tracks. The size of the animal’s stride indicated to me that it was a buck. [...]
