Free 1‑Page Track ID Guide
The 5‑Step Method to Read Any Track
(save it on your phone, use it on your next walk)
Neighbor's dog or a predator?
Simple 5 Step Process to Animal Track Identification.
Save it to your phone and take it on your next walk. You’ll learn a 5‑step process to identify who left a track, shown step‑by‑step on the most confusing pair of tracks in North America: your neighbor’s dog vs a mountain lion.
Most people walk through nature like tourists
Learn to see what others miss
What you will learn...
Clear 5‑step framework you can use with any animal
See how tiny differences in size, shape, and stride reveal who passed by
Turn a ‘just a walk’ into a story you can actually follow
Designed by a former U.S. government tracker using methods from an Apache elder
Much more than just track identification
On the back of the card, you’ll also see the next layer of tracking: five more steps that begin to answer why the animal was there and what it was doing. You won’t master that in one page – but you’ll never look at a single print the same way again
What Other's Say
(about Silva Tracking flashcards and course)
BSA Scoutmaster
“Fun to use with my Boy Scout Troop! There is so much info in here, and a lot more to tracking than I realized. I'm not a tracker, so we're learning it together!”
John T.
Avid hiker, casual tracker
“…the awareness skills have blown me away. These really are everyday skills. I don't know if I'll ever be a "tracker", but I'm using the awareness skills. Thanks for sharing!”
Steve S.
Tracking is the practice of seeing clearly what's around you, recognizing patterns, and making sense of the world as it is.
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