The Tracking Club

04/24/2020

Sneaking around a quarry today I came upon half of a porcupine (Upper half eaten by coyote/fisher) here’s some shots of the rear feat, I’d never seen them up close like this.

04/04/2020

That’s a big’un (fresh deer Lincoln VT

03/30/2020

Tramps like us...

03/22/2020

Saw these on the banks of the Mad River today in Moretown. Little Minks out fishing
Mink live near creeks, rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes. Mink tracks show five toes on both front and hind feet. The front track often shows only four toes. Tracks are a bit more than an inch long. The toes of mink tracks can appear pointed due to the claw marks. The five toes are asymmetrical in arrangement, with the inner toe (the smallest one) being set back further in the track. This is very visible on the hind tracks.

03/20/2020

Saw this up on the ridge line surrounded by for trees. It’s about 5.5 inches off the ground. What do you think, black bear, a hatchet or something else?

03/20/2020

Exploring the woods in Waterbury today. Still not a lot of signs from the hibernators even with the warm weather.

03/20/2020

Self Quarantine by heading into the woods and check out these great cams to observe nature from the comfort of your own nest

https://www.audubon.org/news/top-10-wildlife-web-cams

03/20/2020

09/02/2017

Mouse's Last Moment. (Bonus points if you name the type of owl)

09/02/2017

“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” –Wallace Stevens

02/04/2017

Good News

He didn’t count on pi***ng off hunters.

10/03/2016

Know your #%~$*¥ squirrels kids!

01/30/2016

Field Mouse in fresh snow. Note the tail drag.

01/29/2016

01/28/2016

to Tracking Club causing trouble in the recently protected (at the time) land. The " building" (because it looks like the place where one would be strangely murdered, haunted or abducted by aliens) has long since been torn down. I think these pics might be from '97. Katie McEachen Maurice Bissonnette Jae Sun Gra Evan Noah Posdamer Jim Dobkowski Ryan Abbott Alex Martin Graham Huber Zak Ryersbach Matt Moyer Matthew Craig Schlein Daniel M Landolt-Hoene Cheyanne Dillenberger

01/28/2016

to Tracking Club out at watershed in '98 (?). Back then it was only us, Middlebury college students, and the odd fisherman, deerjacker, stoner or psychopath that used this land. Jae Sun Gra Evan Noah Posdamer Jim Dobkowski Maurice Bissonnette Ryan Abbott Graham Huber Daniel M Landolt-Hoene Katie McEachen Alex Martin Matt Moyer Matthew Craig Schlein

01/24/2016

Back in the day, the early, outlaw days of the tracking club. We found a freshly killed Fisher by the roadside. Tracking founder Jim Dobkowski scooped it up, cleaned it, cooked it and we all ate some of the mustelid. Later, at a community presentation, Sue Morse, founder of the excellent program Keeping Track, (and arch-rival of the Tracking Club) spoke about the disappearance of her beloved Fisher Mr.Softie who she'd last scene around the time of our meal. As we sat in that auditorium, probably still digesting Mr. Softie, we all had to admit, it'd been a weird meal. But we also all could feel in our hearts that somewhere, out in the ether, Mr. Softie was smiling and whispering softly, "Bon Appetit boys! Bon Appetit!" Jae Sun Gra Alex Martin

This month on Outdoor Radio, biologists Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies head out into the woods to track the Fisher.

01/18/2016

Handy with a !

Home Nature Kids Kids Should Play With Knives Kids Should Play With Knives Nature KidsOutdoor EducationOutdoor SafetyWilderness Survival and Forest CraftNov 10, 20150 22414 There’s a reason we chose knives and wood carving as the topic of our first Trackers Earth book. A knife is an incredible tool…

01/17/2016

Siberian Tiger

01/16/2016

An African raised tracker of European descent, Ingwe was closely connected with the Tracking club and before his health took a down turn, he travelled to Lincoln VT and lead a series of workshops for us. We sat around the fire during that weekend and he told stories of growing up in the Kenyan/Tanzanian wilds and learning from the indigenous people there. Read the book. As KRS-1 said "You must learn!"

According to Ingwe, People need to reach out and touch. They must learn to think positively of what can be accomplished. Though the Africans taught me the skills for survival, lore, and language, the greatest gift that I received from them was a spirituality which centered on the wilderness. This...

01/12/2016

This is a primitive hunting class at Sigma 3 Survival School that was hosted by Tom Brown III. The video clip is Tom discussing the art of the throwing stick...

01/12/2016

Get out there homies!

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12/18/2015

http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/dec/17/we-need-fewer-exams-and-more-wilderness-in-education?CMP=share_btn_fb

Instead of pumping time and money into exams, we should focus on wellbeing and encouraging children to connect with the natural world