The Complete Guide to Tracking: Concealment, Night Movement, and All Forms of Pursuit Following Tracks, Trails and Signs, Using 22 SAS Techniques - Softcover

Bob Carss

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0716022052 ISBN 13: 9780716022053

Publisher: Right Way, 2009

Synopsis

Discover how to track and stalk any living thing in any environment, including woodland, marsh, jungle and desert.

The reader will learn how to:

Interpret animal, human and vehicle signs.

Preserve night vision.

Use time frames to eliminate misleading signs.

Detect quarry when they backtrack or circle around.

Understand how time and weather affect signs.

Spot intentionally misleading signs.

The skills of observation, memory and analysis that a tracker employs are essential not only for the military and law enforcement agencies but are also invaluable for search and rescue teams, scouts, youth leaders, outdoor pursuit teachers, bird-watchers, ramblers, farmers, livestock owners and game keepers.

About this title

About the Author

Bob Carss spent 18 years with 22 Special Air Service, where he trained as a tracker and was the chief SAS tracking instructor. He met co-writer Stewart Birch and illustrator Roy Thomasson while the three of them were serving together in B Squadron 22 SAS. They all live in Hereford, where the SAS Regiment is based.

Edition details

• Publisher: Right Way
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0716022052
• ISBN 13: 9780716022053
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Roy Thomasson
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352