SAS Guide to Tracking, New and Revised

by Carss, Bob; Birch, Stewart; Thomasson, Roy; Wiseman, John Lofty

• ISBN13: 9781599214375
• ISBN10: 1599214377
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-25
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Anyone who has spent any time outdoors has come across strange tracks and wondered, "What was here?" In this new and revised edition of The SAS Guide to Tracking, a veteran of Britain'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, outdoors people, hunters, wildlife photographers, search-and-rescue teams, and law enforcement organizations.

Author Biography

Bob Carss began 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, England, where the SAS Regiment is based.

Table of Contents

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

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