Posted in black bears, outdoors, tracking, wildlife conservation, tagged animal tracks on June 15, 2008 | No Comments »
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 a [...]
Posted in Deer hunting, animal tracks, 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 [...]
Posted in animal tracks, mule deer, outdoors, tracking on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
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. The [...]
