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SAS Guide to Tracking

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ISBN-10: 1599214377

ISBN-13: 9781599214375

Edition: Revised 

Authors: Bob Carss, Roy Thomasson, John "Lofty" Wiseman, Stewart Birch

List price: $19.95
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Anyone who has spent any time outdoors has come across strange tracks and wondered, 0;What was here?1;In this new and revised edition ofThe SAS Guide to Tracking, a veteran of Britain7;s elite Special Air Service shows how to track any moving thing, in any environment, and under nearly any circumstance. An essential handbook for developing a new awareness of the outdoors,this book is the perfect companion for naturalists, outdoorspeople, hunters, wildlife photographers, search-and-rescue teams, and law enforcement organizations. Included are tips on: Tracking in desert, forest, jungle, marsh, and grassy areas Interpreting animal, human, and vehicle signs Preserving night vision Using time…    
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 11/25/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

Lou Sahadiis the author ofJohnny Unitas: America’s Quarterbackand many other sports books, and has collaborated on the autobiographies of major figures in sports, including Len Dawson, Don Shula, Hank Stram, and Willie Mays. He lives in Boca Raton, Florida.nbsp;nbsp;Bob Carssbegan his military career at age seventeen with the King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He transferred to the world-famous Special Air Service (SAS), where he received training as a tracker in the jungles of New Zealand and with the Iban trackers in Brunei, desert tracking in the dunes of the Empty Quarter and the Sahara, and in all terrains in between. Both Carss and illustrator Stewart Birch live in Hereford,…    

John 'Lofty' Wiseman served in the British Special Air Service (SAS) for twenty-six years. The SAS Survival Handbook is based on the training techniques of this world-famous elite fighting force.

The SAS Guide to Tracking, New and Revised
The Briefing
Tracking today - some modern applications Some definitions and explanations Sign in tracking - defined and explained Factors affecting sign
The attributes of a tracker
The Pursuit
Observation indoors Observation out-of-doors
Observation of the individual
The principles of stalking
Stalking techniques Night movement
The track pursuit drill
Deception tactics
Judging the age of sign
Deductive skills
The lost track drill
Advanced skills
Training trackers Military tracking
Dogs and tracking
Map-reading Human prints
Animal prints
Vehicle sign Preserving prints
The Future
Developments in tracking