Tracks and Tracking

"Tracks and Tracking" by Josef Brunner is a manual designed for hunters and nature lovers, giving them essential skills for understanding and interpreting the signs left behind by animals. The book starts by stressing how crucial tracking is for successful and ethical hunting in the wild. It shows how hunters who know how to read tracks have much better results than those who don’t. The author uses his own experiences in the great outdoors to explain how a lack of tracking knowledge can lead to failed hunts and highlights the need to learn these skills. He explains the basics of how the different body shapes and walking styles of animals like deer and bears create tracks that allow trackers to identify animals in different environments and weather conditions. This introduction prepares readers for a more in-depth study of tracking techniques and wildlife observation.