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Tracker. The very word evokes images of buckskin-clad braves crouching over the ground, carefully studying the signs before them—a part of history. But the modern world has not put behind it the need for the earthy business of tracking. Such skills are still routinely used by the military, rescue personnel, and law enforcement, as well as by hunters and people living at subsistence level throughout the world. Tracking Humans is the ultimate authoritative guide to this most complex pursuit. A great resource for military, law enforcement, and rescue professionals, Tracking Humans is also useful for outdoor enthusiasts. Users will find it invaluable as an on-site manual to assist in any ongoing search.
Unlike many tracking manuals, this guide focuses on tracking humans, whether they're enemy combatants or lost children. Author David Diaz explains what it takes to be an expert tracker, from the physical stamina to the focus and perception necessary to do the job correctly. He explains the tools of the tracker and presents essential safety tips every tracker should know. Tracking Humans is an important tool for anyone dealing with missing persons—it could be an essential lifesaver.
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David Diaz has given us an excellent overview (his own word for this book) of military tracking. Diaz took an exciting three day patrol by a very well disciplined US Special Forces team chasing infiltrators bent on contaminating a water source, and broke it into 4 or 5 sections. He wrote an excellent introduction. He inserted between the story's sections, explanations of the actions of the team, especially its 11 year veteran tracker, Badilla. He added a few excellent chapters on important aspects of tracking like: time since "Chase" passed, vegetation pointers, use of animal and insect species in the area, putrefaction times, examples of changes in feces both in terms of diet and of time. There is an excellent introduction to building your own tracking laboratory. He concludes with the military type detailed report on the mission described.
The book is well written and entertaining. The details on aspects of tracking are very good and remarkably complete,. Diaz covers everything from being very fit, (various cardiovascular plus weight lifting pushups, situps, knee-bends, dips, chin-ups, and pullups, 3 - 4 times per week) to being well versed in the outdoor details of your area, to not smoking (it destroys the critical sensitivity of your sense of smell.).
This is not a textbook on tracking. I think it would be an excellent book to give to novice trackers, as required reading in a tracking course, as motivation for intermediate trackers, and as entertainment for advanced trackers.
While the cover of this book indicates it can be used for missing persons, and the book does gives occasional clues as to civilian tracking, if you are truly interested in looking for missing children, hunters, climbers, hikers, back packers, skiers, old folks who have wandered off, I would strongly suggest The National Association for Search and Rescue's text "Search is an Emergency: Text for Managing the Search Function" edited by Lavalla, Stoffel, Wade and Brady (last known 1995). It was produced and published by The Emergency Response Institute, commissioned by a sole source contract from The National Park Service, Albright Training Center, Grand Canyon, AZ. It has an instructor's guide also. Two more good, more recent and more available books, on civilian tracking are "Fundamentals of Search and Rescue" from NASAR (National Association for Search and Rescue) and "Wilderness Search and Rescue" by Tim Setnicka.
The recommended reading list given us by Diaz is excellent and much more recent than "Search is an Emergency." Surprisingly, none of the above three books are included. I particularly liked his inclusion of the Tom Brown material, both the basic "Nature Observation and Tracking" and the very advanced "The Science and Art of Tracking." Several of the books Diaz lists are excellent for tracking of animals.
Put into the above perspective, Diaz's "Tracking Humans" is an excellent and welcome addition to the literature. A good buy.
No nonsense reading. Perfect book for anyone looking to learn tracking skills. Have been LEO tracking team for 10 years and learned more in the book than my first few years on team. Highly recommended.
I have only just started this book and it gives a good history about tracking back in the day and has mentioned a few things that have gotten me thinking about some things that I have seen while out hunting deer and various game. I didn't realize it at the time, but I was seeing signs of where the animal went, not just that they were in the area. I think if I'd have had a book like this sooner, I'd have gotten alot more game on my hunting trips the past few years.
This is an outstanding rendition on tracking humans. If you are interested in the subject of tracking in general, this is a must buy for your library. In addition to the standard background on the field, there is handy information on homework to develop one's human tracking skills. There is also excellent information on dating a track and scene based on the aging of cadavers. All in all an excellent resource to grow with.
A really good step by step guide that shows you the art of tracking natures most deadly predator man. While you will learn fundamental tracking methods like reading signs and such this book also explores other details like gathering evidence and forming a search party and other things that most tracking books leave out.
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