The SAS Guide to Tracking by Bob Carss

Author:Bob Carss [Carss, Bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781493044306
Google: WsdIzgEACAAJ
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2020-11-15T23:50:19.907812+00:00

Dry Leaves

With a fresh track over dry leaves the visual tracker will have to look for the following. The overall disturbances will cause a color and appearance different from the surrounding area. The effect will be greater shadow and so a darker color. Tilted leaves will be in an unbalanced state. Each leaf that has been stepped on will either bend, break or crumble, and the edges of broken and torn leaves will be lighter in color than those of weathered surfaces (see Fig. 36/1). On freshly walked-over leaves there will be more evidence of transfer (see Chapter 2). Rain will pat each leaf down into its natural position and so eliminate shadow and color; sand on leaves and the smaller particles of leaves will be washed off. As the sign is exposed to weathering, the transferred material will tend to be removed. Unbalanced leaves will resettle themselves. The darker shadowing will disappear as the old pattern re-establishes itself. If sunshine follows rain, after twenty-four hours all signs of freshness will have gone from this sort of sign. The exposed, freshly broken ends will begin to darken and the fibrous ends will curl up and disappear. You, the tracker, can tear a similar leaf found in the immediate area and compare the fresh break with the one the quarry made (see Fig. 36/2).

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