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Survival Skillset

Lesson 2 of 12

Hooves, hoppers, birds and how animals move

40 min

A forestry ride after a night of light snow. A line of heart-shaped prints comes out of the spruce, crosses the ride at a steady walk, then at the edge of the trees the prints suddenly deepen, the two halves of each hoof spread apart, two small dots appear behind each one, and the gaps between them jump from under a metre to several metres. Something happened at that tree…

In this lesson

  • Deer slots
  • Livestock and wild boar
  • Rabbits and hares
  • Squirrels
  • Bird tracks
  • From the print to the trail: the four gait groups
  • Walking and trotting: register and straddle
  • Pace, bound, lope and gallop
  • Putting it together
  • Common mistakes
  • Check yourself
  • Key points

The rest of this lesson is in the full course

Every module, practical and exam, self-paced and private, with a certificate at the end.

Original price was: £149.00.Current price is: £99.00.

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