Trailing
Trailing is art and science of locating animals using their tracks and sign to follow and encounter them. Trailing animals leads to an intimate connection firstly with the creature being followed, and secondly with the environment that animal travels through. There is something very special to be gained from following another living creature. Discovering where it fed, slept, sped up or slowed down sometimes just minute before. if all goes well getiing a good view of it while it remains unaware of your presence.
The programme covers the techniques needed to trail or follow an animal in the wild. The learning outcomes therefore follow the assessment criteria of the evaluation covering in detail the elements of spoor recognition, spoor anticipation, anticipation of dangerous situations, alertness and stealth with each of these main headings further broken down into sub categories leading to what we we believe is a most in-depth and thorough trailing criteria.
We prefer to teach trailing in a realistic scenario and so after a fairly brief introduction the course will take place entirely on the trail. We tend to focus on ungulates which are usually deer, to maximise our chances of trailing to a satisfactory conclusion.
Details of the evaluation process can be found here
Course Dates 2025
- 15-19 January 2025
If this course is full please contact us to be placed on a waiting list for cancellations.
Should enough people express an interest we may run extra dates. We can also run these events at a location of your choosing.
Course Dates
Combined Trailing Workshop & Evaluation
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Please note that these events are self catered.
Trailing evaluations
We are not working from our usual site for our tracking and trailing evaluations and so do not normally offer camping. Please contact us if you would like to discuss options.
Trailing workshop and evaluation 15-19 January 2025 Full
Course: Combined trailing workshop/evaluation
Dates: 15-19 January 2025
Times: 830 am -4.20 pm
Location: West Sussex
Evaluator: John Rhyder
Course Numbers: 4
cost per person: £550