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Author McDougall, Len, author.

Title The scouting guide to tracking : more than 100 essential skills for identifying and trailing animals / Len McDougall.

Publisher New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2019]
©2019.

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ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS
 Land O Lakes adult nonfiction  591.5 MCD    AVAILABLE
 Superior adult nonfiction  591.5 M147s    AVAILABLE
Descript xvi, 168 pages : photographs, illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Nonfiction.
Contents Generics of animal tracks and physiology -- The role of scents -- Analyzing scats -- Reading sign -- Generic animal behaviors -- Reading sign -- Scouting techniques -- Stalking techniques -- Trailing injured animals -- Tracking humans -- Hooved animals -- Pawed animals.
Summary "In Scouting's Guide to Tracking, current Scouts, Scout alumni, and readers interested in the outdoors are provided with time-tested advice on how to track big and small animals over different types of terrain. Since 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has helped build the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun. The BSA is committed to training youth in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Animal tracks -- Identification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Tracking and trailing.
Animal droppings.
Wilderness survival.
Genre Handbooks and manuals.
Alt Author Boy Scouts of America, author.
ISBN/ISSN 1510737731 (softcover)
9781510737730 (softcover)