Aging Tracks?
Aging Tracks?
What are some basic ways to judge how old a track is thats in mud, snow, dirt, or anything else? Thanks
Re: Aging Tracks?
I think dirt is the hardest. With dirt i have just gone and found soil that is similar to where im hunting and made a hand imprint and go once a day or twice a day and keep looking and studying the track for differences. But then you have to take into account weather...wind, rain, possibly even heat or cold.
With snow i just pretty much see when it snowed last and kinda go by that, and how melted out the track is.
With snow i just pretty much see when it snowed last and kinda go by that, and how melted out the track is.
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Big Mike
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Here's a good way to learn to age tracks. Keep in mind all soil types are different so the type of country you hunt can greatly affect how old a track looks.
Pick a place that has good soil where you hunt and you can check everyday. Walk through it making some tracks. Look at the tracks you made and notice how clean they look. Now come back and check it everyday for a week if you can and pay attention how it changes day by day. It will get less clean and start to form cracks in the track as it weathers. I suggest to write down the changes each day so you can remember. Really look close and notice the very suttle changes. Remember whether conditions will greatly affect how a track ages so do this in different weather conditons. Once when its dry, once when soil is damp, once in the snow. This is the best way to learn to age tracks in your country
Pick a place that has good soil where you hunt and you can check everyday. Walk through it making some tracks. Look at the tracks you made and notice how clean they look. Now come back and check it everyday for a week if you can and pay attention how it changes day by day. It will get less clean and start to form cracks in the track as it weathers. I suggest to write down the changes each day so you can remember. Really look close and notice the very suttle changes. Remember whether conditions will greatly affect how a track ages so do this in different weather conditons. Once when its dry, once when soil is damp, once in the snow. This is the best way to learn to age tracks in your country
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Mike Leonard
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Re: Aging Tracks?
As the guys said it can be sketchy in different terrain, weather and humidity.Dirt to me is easier but then again I usually go with the best advice I ever got on the subject from the master Wiley Carroll long time lion hunter for the state of Nevada.
"Take a good look at it, then what do you think? Sort of puzzled? Well don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Get old Blue out of the truck and he can tell you more about that track in five seconds than you can setting there looking at it all day long."
Good advice the nose of a good hound beat the eyes of a man every time. LOL!
"Take a good look at it, then what do you think? Sort of puzzled? Well don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Get old Blue out of the truck and he can tell you more about that track in five seconds than you can setting there looking at it all day long."
Good advice the nose of a good hound beat the eyes of a man every time. LOL!
MIKE LEONARD
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Re: Aging Tracks?
right on as usual Mike I allways let my dogs tell me if its a runner.