Trailing Evaluations

World Class Training & Assessment

The purpose of the Trailing Evaluation is to assess the tracker’s ability to follow a individual animal (or group of animals) spoor across the landscape, to evaluate the trackers ability to interpret behavior of the animal(s) on the trail and to locate that specific animal.  Locating the animal involves finding, approaching to within a reasonable distance, observing and exiting the area without alerting the animal to the tracker’s presence. The species followed during an evaluation depends on the species available at the venue with consideration given to the difficulty of the substrate and terrain.  Human trails are occasionally used for Level I candidates or in combination with animal trails when there are venue or weather constraints.