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    Yey! Got an ember with the bow drill!

    Congratulations. You'll never forget that experience.
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    Tracking a bicycle...

    I think the speed of the bike would be the determining factor in how easy this would be to interpret. The faster the bike is ridden, the smaller the 'excursions' of the front wheel with respect to the line of overall travel. A slow ride round a car park with a painted wheel would be great...
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    Atlatl Symposium.

    That does sound very interesting...
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    Tracking Kit Check List

    It had never occurred to me to take a protractor. Good call 21PC.
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    Tracking Groups

    The point you make is understandable, TeeDee, but I've just looked at other high profile bushcraft course providers, and I think the course compares quite well. I quite accept that there will always be circumstances when other things must take priority over our time or resources. Speaking...
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    Tracking Groups

    David Scott-Donelan still runs training courses for trackers in America. In fact he still teaches the American military how to track. He is a superb teacher and all round good bloke, with a fantastic fund of stories. I have attended tracking courses with several schools (yes, including...
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    Tracking a bicycle...

    OK, I have thunk. This is my offering for what I think has happened in the first image offered in 21CP's excellent snow tracks pictures above. With reference to the top picture, I am relying on the principles outlined in the article linked from my earlier post. In essence, the article uses...
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    Laying signs for people to follow

    Really interesting stuff, this.
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    Tracking a bicycle...

    OK, thanks 21CP, its an interesting one to ponder. Either way, thanks for taking the time to post the pics, top job.:You_Rock_ I'll think about it a bit more and get back once I've thunk.
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    What is the best tracking Course you have been on and why?

    Great and very considered input people, thank you for sharing.
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    What is the best tracking Course you have been on and why?

    Hmm... I'll get my coat then...
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    Tracking a bicycle...

    Sterling Stuff 21CP. Just one query. Did you set this up to see what it looked like, or did you happen across the scene as found? My reason for asking is that it looked to me a bit more like the bike came in from the right and went off towards the left of the image. Clearly, if you set it up...
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    Useful Skull Site

    TeeDee, that's a really neat site - Thanks for sharing.
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    What is the best tracking Course you have been on and why?

    Has anybody done any formal tracking training more than once and presented by more than one organisation or individual? If so, which did you think was the best, for example in terms of how well you felt able to follow a trail after the course? (You might have other priorities - let's hear...
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    Tracking Kit Check List

    A mirror can be handy for illuminating impressions from the side, as can a wide brimmed hat, for providing overhead shade. More general advice for those trying their hand: there are a million things that might conceivably be useful, but don't wait until you have them all - get some time in on...