A Brief Introduction to Animal Track Identification
by wilderness | Aug 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Have you ever been in the backcountry and run across an interesting animal track that you wish you could identify? With some instruction, a few careful observations and maybe a couple of measurements you can likely identify what animal left the track in question and...Recent Posts
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