🦊 Confidently identify the tracks of animal species across any landscape.

🌿 Uncover animals' preferred habitats and resting spots by interpreting their signs.

🐾 Follow animal trails and determine their whereabouts based on gaits and patterns.

📸 Place camera traps in the right areas, ensuring you capture wildlife action, not empty footage.

🧠 Outsmart wildlife by predicting their behavior with newfound confidence.

👣 Follow trails and observe animals at close range without them ever knowing you’re there.

🦉 Understand what tracks reveal about an animal’s emotional state and intentions.

🏹 Catch that elusive buck that keeps evading you and fill your freezer with wild game.

🦁 Identify the presence of predators, their intentions, and why they are in your area.

🎯 Tune into your natural surroundings with a sharpened sense of awareness.

🌳 Enhance your outdoor experiences by understanding nature's patterns.

🔍 Analyze predation events and track down poachers with greater accuracy.

👨‍🏫 Share your wildlife knowledge with family and friends, becoming a nature guide and teacher.

🌍 Feel like you are a part of nature rather than outsider who doesn't belong.

What You'll Learn

🐾 Track Recognition: Master the skill of identifying animal footprints by using proven methods to analyze the characteristics and unique features for any species.

🚸 Animal Sign: Discover how to find and read the evidence of an animal's presence in an area including feeding, resting, marking, nesting, rooting, scat, urine, and other sign.

🐻 Wildlife Behavior: Interpret what animal tracks, gaits, and other clues reveal about an individual's movements, intentions, and state of mind.

🎯 Advanced Skills: Age tracks, follow trails, and analyze predation events with techniques used by scientists and professional trackers.

Benefits

📸 Incredible Wildlife Moments: Locate and observe animals in close quarters without  creating disturbance or having them know you are there.

🌿 Deepen Your Connection to Nature: Gain a profound appreciation for the intricate web of life, so that every outdoor outing becomes a meaningful experience.

🧘‍♂️ Rejuvenate Your Mind and Spirit: Transform your time outdoors into a stress-relieving adventure that fosters inner peace and mindfulness.

Why Choose Us?

🧑‍🏫 Expert Instruction: Our lectures and other course materials are the same as those used in classes at elite universities to train professional biologists.

🏅Proven Results: Hundreds of students have enhanced their outdoor skills through our programs—many using their newfound expertise in wildlife jobs or conservation efforts.

📚 Comprehensive Curriculum: Includes video lectures, analysis exercises, quizzes, and flashcard examples giving you the all the tools needed to become a master tracker.

Stop Missing Clues That Can Change Everything.

Tracking isn’t just about finding footprints—it’s about unlocking a deeper understanding of animal behavior, tuning into the rhythms of the wild, and learning to see the story behind every mark, scrape, and track.

When the secrets of animal footprints and sign are revealed, you'll be able to read the land like an expert. You'll know how to identify the presence of wild felines and canines,  differentiate between the tracks of deer and feral hogs, and spot the subtle signs like scrapes, burrows, and feeding sign that not only tell you who was there, but why they were there. And you’ll gain the ability to read animal gaits—and decide which trails to follow, all while staying safe and without causing disturbance to wildlife.

With these skills, you’ll find new confidence in the backcountry—whether you’re tracking game, protecting your camp from predators, or simply deepening your connection to the natural world.

The knowledge of the wild is at your fingertips—don’t let it slip away.

We're so sure that you'll love Wildlife Tracks & Sign that we're offering an outrageous guarantee: You have 14 days after the course starts to change your mind and ask for a refund. No hassle, no questions asked, no hard feelings!

Right now, you have an opportunity to fundamentally change the way you interact with nature. Imagine tracking like the legendary scouts, pioneers, and indigenous peoples who could read the land as if it were a storybook.

- OR -

You can continue overlooking the subtle clues nature is giving you, pass by the tracks of majestic animals nearby, return from hunts empty-handed, and miss out on unforgettable wildlife encounters.

The choice is yours. 

By uncovering the secrets left behind by animals—clues that have remained hidden until now—you can transform every outdoor experience into a journey of discovery and deep connection. But if you’re truly passionate about the outdoors and driven by a love for nature, is it really a choice at all?

Students Say Learning to Track is a Game Changer

Hannah Morton ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"This course was my absolute favorite...thought provoking, challenging, and fun. It allowed me to build on not just a potential professional skill, but a personal one too as the experiences it gave me has reminded me to enjoy the little things. I needed a change and this class provided it as too often we get caught up in our professional lives and we forget to enjoy our time outside...I highly recommend it!"

Alan Pomeroy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a wonderful course containing a great depth of wildlife tracking information; the videos are always very interesting and well-communicated with the added benefit of being divided into different topics for ease of use.

Kayla Freeland ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"This course was one of the best classes that I've ever taken...the overall experience was awesome. As the course progressed, I began to recognize patterns and everything began to click logically."

Lee Burton

Known as The Outside Professor, Lee  is the founder of Naturalist Studies and an adjunct instructor at the University of Florida and Texas A&M, where he teaches animal behavior courses.

He is certified in Wildlife Track and Sign by CyberTracker Conservation, is a Master Naturalist, and mentored under Jon Young, the founder of the Wilderness Awareness School. Lee is also recognized as a Bird Language Leaders Instructor.

His passion for wildlife ultimately led him to become the director for Conservation Centers for Species Survival, where he was profiled on Steve Rinella's Meateater podcast for his role in reintroducing the Scimitar-horned Oryx to sub-Saharan Africa.

Lee grew up in a small town in Texas where easy access to nature led to a love of the outdoors, instilled in him by his father and other relatives who taught him how to hunt and fish. As he matured, his curiosity about the natural world deepened, leading him to study animals, plants, and ecology in some of the most remote places in Asia, Africa, and South America. While these experiences heightened his understanding of the world's fauna and flora, he yearned for a deeper connection with nature.

Upon returning to the United States, Lee delved into Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), learning ancient skills like animal tracking, bird language interpretation, and wilderness survival. Developing these skills was a game-changer, allowing him to see nature in a whole new light and realize that he was an integral part of the natural world, not just an observer.

Let’s hear it from Lee himself:

“Before learning wildlife tracking, I had a wealth of scientific knowledge but struggled to understand the way animals think. I couldn’t get inside their heads to know where they would be, what their motivations were, or predict their movements. I felt like an outsider, always on the edge of their world, but never truly part of it.

After learning tracking, I could step into any outdoor setting—whether it was my own property, a local park, or deep in the wilderness—and read the tracks and signs around me. I began to understand not just who was there, but why they were there, and what they were doing. Over time, I started being able to think like the animals I was pursuing, predicting their movements, and understanding their behavior. It was as if I had been welcomed into their private world, where all their secrets were laid bare. This not only made me a more capable hunter and wildlife observer, but also a better naturalist, in the process transforming my wildlife adventures and deepening my connection to nature.

A few years later, a biology professor friend of mine asked if I would teach animal tracking to her students. The course I created became an instant hit, with students describing it as their favorite class. This success led to the development of other courses and the founding of Naturalist Studies, where I wanted to share this knowledge with a broader audience.

Now, I’m thrilled to offer these same learning materials to others. I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to teach these skills and share this journey with you, as I believe that this course will fundamentally change your outdoor experiences forever, helping you see the wild in a way you never have before.”