Guides to Animal Tracks and Sign:

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


  • Central TX Track & Sign Certification 5/4/2025
    The Earth Native Wilderness School organized a Track and Sign Certification around Bastrop, Texas from [...]

  • Los Padres CA Specialist Certification 4/20/2025
    On April 19-20, 2025, the Ventura County Wildlife Trackers hosted a Track and Sign Specialist [...]

  • 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 [...]


  • 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.

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.

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