How to Get Started
How do you become a tracker? Practice, dirt time. Social media is a great place to get started testing your tracking knowledge. People post photos and videos of tracks and...
The Flashcards
Testimonials
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Tracking Fundamentals
54 cards in the deck. Learn where to look to find animals. How to identify animal prints. How to track across difficult terrain, and the difference between tracks, sign, and pressure releases.
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Awareness
Tracking is more than just identifying and following a set of tracks. It's about establishing context. Learn how to observe more, and understand the rythms and patterns around you.
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Observation and critical thinking
The foundation for deeper awareness is relaxation. Learn the difference between Alpha and Beta brain waves, and the how to move from static into dynamic mediation.
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A simple, but powerful tool
Tracking is a vehicle. A means of testing and growing your awareness capabilities. How aware you want to be, how you apply what you learn is up to you.
Blog posts
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What is awareness
Awareness enables a tracker to find connections and patterns in their observations. Awareness, like tracking is a skill that can be taught. A tracker's ability is measured by their level...
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Why I track
Most people associate tracking with the ability to follow an animal’s footsteps through the wild. That’s not inaccurate, but it’s an oversimplification. What I’ve attempted to do with these cards...
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About Silva Tracking: Lineage
The material covered in the Silva Tracking flashcards is an introduction to the Apache method of tracking, and why awareness is such an important aspect of the material.
