12th Summer, 512AV
Nate was not a studious learner. He never did well with traditional learning; books could never hold his attention long enough for information to register. If it were on a subject that interested him he fared better, but he still preferred to be outside doing something practical. As such, Nate had only been into Avanthal’s library once to return a book his mother had borrowed.
He had decided to break tradition and take a wander up to Stories in the Snow. Nate rarely had the chance to go out into the reaches with a teacher, so his tracking knowledge had mostly been gained through trial and error. As a result of this his tracking methods were limited to following actual tracks or going to the places he knew prey usually visited. His track reading was good enough, but there were still sketchy patches.
He had found a book simply titled ‘Tracking Animals’ and was sat at an empty table. He stared at the cover for a moment, wondering how long it would take him to make any sort of progress through the book. With a sigh, he flipped it open and started to read.
‘Identifying animal tracks and signs, are primary skills of the wildlife tracker. Historically, animal tracking skills helped people find food, avoid dangerous predators and read the stories on the landscape.
Identifying animal tracks and signs can open up an unseen world, a window into the lives of shy and elusive animals. Tracks, scat, feeding signs, beds, scent marking, trails and other types of animal signs point to which animals passed by, what they did, where they went and much more. Seemingly barren ground becomes alive with a diversity of fascinating information.’
Nate frowned and rubbed at the back of his neck. He hoped the book wasn’t too scientific or number oriented. He was likely to get bored within minutes and then the whole exercise would have been pointless.
He had decided to break tradition and take a wander up to Stories in the Snow. Nate rarely had the chance to go out into the reaches with a teacher, so his tracking knowledge had mostly been gained through trial and error. As a result of this his tracking methods were limited to following actual tracks or going to the places he knew prey usually visited. His track reading was good enough, but there were still sketchy patches.
He had found a book simply titled ‘Tracking Animals’ and was sat at an empty table. He stared at the cover for a moment, wondering how long it would take him to make any sort of progress through the book. With a sigh, he flipped it open and started to read.
‘Identifying animal tracks and signs, are primary skills of the wildlife tracker. Historically, animal tracking skills helped people find food, avoid dangerous predators and read the stories on the landscape.
Identifying animal tracks and signs can open up an unseen world, a window into the lives of shy and elusive animals. Tracks, scat, feeding signs, beds, scent marking, trails and other types of animal signs point to which animals passed by, what they did, where they went and much more. Seemingly barren ground becomes alive with a diversity of fascinating information.’
Nate frowned and rubbed at the back of his neck. He hoped the book wasn’t too scientific or number oriented. He was likely to get bored within minutes and then the whole exercise would have been pointless.
