Shadowhawk Tracking

The "Tracker" Wildlife Tracking
We dont just show you the tracks, we give you a toolbox of skills to take home. The PHASE TECHNIQUE will give you the confidence to see and interpret subtle tracks and signs of animals and humans in a few simple steps.
This is our signature course. Have you ever seen tracks and then they disappear, or you werent sure what they were. Have you ever wanted to find those majical tracks and get closer to wildlife.
The Tracker course has been developed to show you some amazing techniques that you can use at home in the woods or in far off places. We cover the different styles of tracking, including tracking using intuition.
There is a lot of knowledge and dirt time to get in on course. Whilst we are tracking we will be working hard, but during breaks, lunch and around the campfire in the evenings things are more relaxed and informal.
The Tracker Courses run from Friday night to Monday afternoon.
Content:
Making a tracking stick
Tracking History and Terminology
Animal Senses and how they detect us
Human senses including using your three types of vision and how to detect animals
Animal Tracks and ID
Intuitive Tracking
Aging footprints and sign
Feeding, homes , hair and scat ID
Animal CSI
Soundmapping
Track Traps
Language of birds and interpretation
Stalking Techniques & moving silently
Natural camouflage and use of dead space.
Zoning In
Landscape and airscape (opens in Youtube)
Awareness
Animal behaviour
Gaits and gait patterns
Habitats
Compression shapes
Action Idicators
Track analysis
Night tracking
Use of light
Mantracking
Peeling back to reveal tracks made several years ago
Hide location and construction
Observation test
Photography
Camera traps
Latest technology

The above course can be done in two modules.
Foundation : from Friday Night to Sunday afternoon.
£ 150
Intermediate: from Sunday afternoon until Monday afternoon
£150
Full Tracker course: £275
The course is self catering, we and keep a large fire going to cook on.
Includes Tracking Stick and Course Notes

DATES: 17TH-20TH JULY 2009 LOCATION : DEVON(nearest city Exeter)
16TH-19 OCTOBER 2009 : DEVON( Nearest city Exeter)

20th-23rd NOVEMBER 2009 LOCATION: Midlands