Animal track

As a track is defined as the left behind on the ground or in the snow " footprints " of a living being including the scent adhering molecules.

Tracking search

The trackers "reads" in the tracks and finds the way ( Scouts ). He recognizes potential hazards from animals or enemies, discovered new hunting grounds and feel the animals.

Indians, who were skilled in tracking search, were very popular with the U.S. forces in the Wild West as scouts. However, they were used by the enemy against their own people.

The hunter distinguishes between " warm ", ie fresh tracks that are only just emerged, and "cold " or old tracks that were created a long time ago. With tracks from " welded " ( wounded, injured ) animals he speaks of wound or welded tracks, otherwise tracks of Health; for the search of tracks he used a tracking dog or bloodhound.

The pace of the game is different in flight, hunting or hiking and produced by various kick distance and pressure clearly distinguishable pattern. The footprint of a single run in a track called the hunter as footprints.

Language

• In common parlance, the term " track " for the left-behind traces of all kinds and of every living being used. These include footprints, footprints, gait patterns, droppings, sleeping and resting places, feeding tracks.
• In the hunter language, the term " track " is restricted to tracks of the shell Wilds (Moose, red, fallow, mouflon, roe deer and wild boar ), the Branken The Bear, the ball of the wolf and the lynx, and the feet of grouse, turkey and Trappe. The Hunter also speaks of Bodenverwundung. For all other hair wild species he speaks of track where wildfowl of turf.
• The ichnology researched general animal tracks.
• The Palichnologie explored fossilized tracks.

• The track (or track) is hot → a possible solution is near
• Lure someone on the wrong track → lead someone astray