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| The SAS Guide to Tracking (SAS) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bob Carss
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $39.99
New (5) Used (13) from $30.80
Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 221700
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1585740314
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.1479
EAN: 9781585740314
ASIN: 1585740314
Publication Date: March 1, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New Book. Minor shelf wear to cover. Otherwise clean and tight inside!
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The ultimate guide to tracking man or animal, from the SAS.
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The SAS Guide To Tracking May 26, 2008
An excellent book that starts with the basics and progresses in a clear and easy to understand manner. It has good exercises to build your skills and covers the broad spectrum of tracking (humans, animals, stalking, tracker dogs, etc). I have bought several tracking books over the years and I think this is the best to get started with. "Tracking: A Blueprint for Learning How" by Jack Kearney is also excellent. Tom Brown's "Science and Art of Tracking" provides a different perspective to round out your tracking skills, but some people find his spiritual style a bit heavy-going. If you're into tracking humans, "Tracking-Signs of Man, Signs of Hope" by David Diaz is good, and "Tactical Tracking" by David Scott-Donelan is good if you're already fairly competent as a tracker. An excellent book for any tracker is "Tracking and The Art of Seeing" by Paul Rezendes. It will greatly hone your powers of observation and deduction. But, if you're just getting started and only want one book, I highly recommend The SAS Guide To Tracking (along with a readiness to practice lots!).
BEST ALL-ROUND FUNDAMENTAL TRACKING BOOK March 22, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is an extensive source of material for tracking humans, but also covers material on all facets of tracking and related skills (stalking, observation and navigation skills). This book has its flaws; some that would make animal tracking experts and Tom Brown "Brownies" cringe; for example mistakes and statements made by Carss about determining the sex of deer. Overall this is very minor mistakes to me. As far as the Human (mantracking) and military tracking portions, I think most of the information is right on, seeing as most was gleamed from military sources like the New Zealand and Australian Special Air Service. One of most interesting topics covered in this book not found in other works is the Track Pursuit Drill (known in U.S. circles as the Track Following Drill), which is a methodical procedure of following sign/spoor that falls somewhere between the step-by-step method and the aggressive speed-tracking. The TPD was adopted for heavily vegetated areas but is suited for all terrain. Also of note is to please be aware that this title was originally published (1st edition) as "The Complete Guide to Tracking" which is identical in everyway other then the cover and size, the 2nd edition being slightly larger and squarer in shape. This book is to be revised and updated for 2008, so keep your eyes open for it! As a professional military tracker I can not recommend this book more. Anyone who wishes to learn a broad base of information on tracking this is the book to start with no matter if you track humans or animals.
Thorough! March 5, 2008
This book is great for someone interested in tracking, the author goes beyond just the basic skills and givs key examples of training and techniques to improve skill.
Well worth a Read!
Very interesting and educating July 28, 2007
This is a very interesting book to read and has lots of great illustrations.
Note that this book is not about the SAS, just great tracking skills and it is well worth reading.
Exciting read February 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Exciting book to read. The information offered in this book is very convincing, and it gives the reader an insight in what it takes to track humans or animals. I haven't practised everything I learnt from reading, but that's the other attractive aspect of this book: it is exciting and interesting just to read as a pastime and learn something more about human and animal behaviour.
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