Guides to Animal Tracks and Sign:

Mammal Tracks
Bobcat Right Front (on left) and Right Hind Tracks

Bird Tracks

Herp Tracks

Invert Tracks

Use the guides above to browse photos of animal tracks, scats, and other signs.

Recent News:

Minnesota Track & Sign Certification 9/8/2024
The Minnesota Wildlife Tracking Project organized a Track and Sign Certification in the Minneapolis area [...]

Central TX Track & Sign Certification 5/19/2024
The Earth Native Wilderness School organized 2 Track and Sign Certifications around Bastrop, Texas from May 18-19, [...]

Los Padres CA Specialist Certification 4/21/2024
On April 20-21, 2024, the Ventura County Wildlife Trackers hosted a Track and Sign Specialist [...]

Central TX Track & Sign Certification 5/21/2023
The Earth Native Wilderness School organized 2 Track and Sign Certifications around Bastrop, Texas from May 20-21, 2023. Dave [...]

Los Padres CA Specialist Certification 4/2/2023
On April 1-2, 2023, the Ventura County Wildlife Trackers hosted a Track and Sign Specialist [...]

Recent Articles:

Intro to Animal Tracking Webinar
This is a 40 min introduction to animal tracking presentation I’ve given many times. Due [...]

Tracking at the Cibolo Nature Center in Under 5 Minutes
On April 28, 2015, I took a little tracking walk at the Cibolo Nature Center [...]

Breaking Down an Elk Trail

How to Tell Buck from Doe Tracks
There are few tracking challenges as burdened with lore and conflicting information as how to tell a buck from [...]

Identifying Animal Tracks in Snow – 5 Common Backyard Species
While tracking in the snow can be fantastically easy, it can also be deceptively tricky. Everything you [...]

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The Best Guides to Animal Tracks – Reviewed.

Animal tracks are a window into an otherwise be a hidden world of wild animals. Animals are all around us, but many are stealthy, shy, and seldom seen. To a trained tracker however, there are signs of life everywhere. Animal tracks (also called animal footprints, pugmarks, traces, spoor, impressions, etc) are a powerful tool for learning about the wildlife around you. Becoming an animal tracker will completely change the way you see the world. With a little effort and guidance, anyone can identify many clear animal tracks and signs with ease.

My goal is to compile the best animal tracking resources possible into a single website in order to make learning to identify animal tracks as easy and fun as possible.

Identify animal tracks with guides to Mammal Tracks, Bird Tracks, Herp Tracks, and Invertebrate Tracks.
Find Field Guides to Animal Tracks and other tracking supplies here.
Find tracking schools and classes with an interactive map.
Learn about Tracker Certifications and get prepared with hundreds of actual certification track photos.
Check out my iTrack Wildlife App and put a guide to animal tracks in your pocket.

I hope this website makes learning how to identify animal tracks easier than every before and leads you on some great tracking adventures. Remember, technology is just a tool. Go tracking.