The Science and Art of Tracking

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Summary: Don't waste your money on this one!
Review: "So intense was our training that within the first six months we were tracking mice across gravel...and before the end of the first year we tracking ants across stone, yes stone, solid rock!...you may think that you're sitting around a campfire listening to "big windys" from mountain men of old, but no this is just one of many outrageous statements in this book. People who believe this book is non-fiction, science, or art, well ...they probably believe in the tooth fairy too or better yet, in an Apache elder "coyote teacher" in the wilds of New Jersey. This book is a hoax! Don't waste your money on this one, unless you want to prove P.T.Barnum right, again. No stars from me(unfortunately one is the min requirement).

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Summary: If you can't learn to track from this, You can't learn!!!
Review: A wonderfully written and concise instructional manual. I have a degree in fish/wildlife management and have spent most of my life in the outdoors. I know a good outdoor book when I read one and this is GREAT!! But what else could you expect from TOM BROWN?

Clay

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Summary: Is he for real?
Review: All of Tom's books have been very interesting and inspiring, but there is something that makes me wonder if he is for real. However, the science and art of tracking was very good and I have had success with most of his concepts. He has a lot to share, I'm sure, but I don't know if I would take all he says for 100% true. For instance, In The Search, "weathering out a bad storm in the top of a giant oak tree in a national park in Montana." In Montana!!?? I live in Montana and there is not one single oak tree in the whole state. Tom is obviously fudging here for sake of and interesting story. I would recommend all of Tom's books and the morals and principals he expresses in them, and his wilderness guides are very well done, but just be aware. Kevin

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Summary: Charlatan
Review: Brown's revelation of pressure releases is nothing new. Any tracker worth his or her salt knows Brown's new revelation is just common sense. Trackers have been using this technique for centuries. Brown's "adventures" with grandfather are fiction. Brown is a charlatan who couldn't track a muddy-footed elephant down a dry sidewalk.

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Summary: Excellent!!!
Review: Excellent book on the review of all components of tracking in the wilderness. TBJr. focuses on what a trac comprises and what is involved in understanding what a track entails. It allows the reader to understand what is necessary to fully comprehend the entirety of tracking.

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Summary: Neat
Review: Fascinating book. For someone who is really curious about tracking, this is the book to get. I've not found anything this good anywhere else.

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Summary: You ought to check out a more realistic book
Review: I hate to say it, but even though I've gone to New Jersey and learned tracking from Tom, I'm thoroughly convinced he's a lot more hype than reality.

As the fellow below mentioned, sure you can see mice and ant tracks on dusty cement, but Tom claims to be able to see them on totally clean, smooth rocks. In fact he says he can track spirits! I've just known from my own experiences and from having numerous friends work for Tom, that he has amazing charisma, and an incredible talent to inspire people, but really doesn't know the skills very well.

On the plus side, I do think a lot Tom's exercises he has people do are excellent, and he is far more knowledgable about tracking than he is at the other skills he claims.

Personally I recommend you check out James Halfpenny's tanning books for the real knowledge, and Tom's for the inspirational story telling. Halfpenny's a professional tracker, who is very good at teaching it in a realistic, useful manner.

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Summary: [e-mail] the keys to become a scout are here
Review: i just started working the matrial in this book and it is truly fantastic, i see that the way to becoming a scout is in the mastering of the material in this book , it has captured my attention like the bible has for many years the key to knowing god is his word the key to seeing god is his handy work nature there is so much to learn from this its breath taking, exciting if any scouts read this email me at [e-mail] i could use your help

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Summary: [e-mail] the keys to become a scout are here
Review: i just started working the matrial in this book and it is truly fantastic, i see that the way to becoming a scout is in the mastering of the material in this book , it has captured my attention like the bible has for many years the key to knowing god is his word the key to seeing god is his handy work nature there is so much to learn from this its breath taking, exciting if any scouts read this email me at [e-mail] i could use your help

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Summary: Bummer!
Review: I'm very disappointed! Having read this book, I couldn't track an elephant across a mud flat in broad daylight. I think the problem is all the psycho-babble pop philosophy this book is crammed with. It gets in the way of communicating any real information to the reader. That plus I found myself wondering how "Grandfather" could see his own feet at the age of 92, much less see ant tracks on solid rock. It's probably just me.