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Use of Portable, Soil-filled Wood Frames and Pre-Cast Track Positives in Teaching Animal Track ID. Featuring Bobcat Track Patterns and Tracks. John Jose 9-11-10. 5ft X 8in soil-filled wood frame. Setting “straddle” (width of track pattern) with pre-measured spacer.
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Use of Portable, Soil-filled Wood Frames and Pre-Cast Track Positives in Teaching Animal Track ID Featuring Bobcat Track Patterns and Tracks John Jose 9-11-10
Setting “straddle” (width of track pattern) with pre-measured spacer
Adding stride (distance between tracks) w/ pre-measured stride spacer and using plaster casts of paw prints to create track pattern.
Final product: Details of overall track pattern, including stride, straddle and individual track details. Within a comfortable, controlled, indoor setting, without the distractions of potentially severe winter weather, this activity pro-vides a great, hands-on, visual warm-up exercise in basic concepts in tracking, while introducing participants to tracks and patterns of animals expected to be encountered locally.