english
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Yeah, but imagine what it would be like for a stone age hunter - everything hanging on the kill. I find that if an animal goes bounding off, it is best to wait a little while, maybe five minutes, for it to calm down and that kind of thing - deer tend not to go very far (foxes do, though) because they are stupid and forgetful, and because they are running faster than normal, they leave deeper tracks, and therefore easier to find. Tracking is the bigger brother of stalking - much more difficult, easily confused and sometimes more important. Some tracks are easy to identify, like deer hooves, dog tracks, foxes (furry, smaller dog tracks), and some other animals like birds and squirrels. If you can't find the deer (tracking), you can't get close to it (stalking), and can't get an accurate shot at it (killing). So all these things are inter-connected, accuracy, stalking skills and tracking skills. (Of course, if you live in a game rich environment, it may be possible to simply come across various animals).
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