Seeing The Trail,

Seeing the Animal.

THE SPECIALIST

Learn the ancient skill of following wildlife trails... quietly, respectfully, and successfully... until you see the animal itself, unaware of your presence.

This is not about guessing.

This is not about wandering and hoping.

This is about reading the ground,

Refining your skill so you will see in the trail the behavior of a doe versus a yearling, seeing the landscape as the animal does.

Imagine This Moment

For hours, you’ve trailed a buck on leaves,

using wind and cover to your advantage.

Each step adds to a story:

An understep where it turned its head before

emerging into the open.
A step-out to feed on elderberry.
A stop behind thick cover to watch … for you.

Your breathing slows.
Your feet place themselves without thought.

Then... you see it.

The animal is there, tilting its head to scratch an ear.
It doesn’t know you’re watching.

You are not chasing.
You are not intruding.
You are the landscape.

If you’d like this to be a regular experience for you,
Join me for the Trailing Wildlife Apprenticeship.

What You’ll Get in the Apprenticeship

A unique set of field exercises, personalized for you, based on your skills, your substrate, your animals, your weather.

Trailing Community

Engaging, bi-monthly Zoom sessions with mentors, peers, and Nate. A forum available 24/7 for sharing stories, questions, mysteries.

Private Mentoring

Two private 30-minute zoom sessions with Nate. You’ll receive personalized feedback to help hone your practice and direct you in your own plan for certification.

“Trailing Wildlife” Coursework

This self-paced course is built on a core framework and 8 Learning Routines: Awareness, Mapping, Moving on the trail, Finding it, Aging it, Following it, Interpreting it, Approaching the animal.

Audio Tracks

MP4 tracks that you can take into the field to listen to as Nate walks you through techniques and calls your attention to landscape features to watch for.

Core Framework

8 training elements: Curated Journals, The Scavenger Hunt: mastering situations, The 8 Learning Routines, The Hot Trail, The Lost Trail, The Fresh Track, The Timing Effect, The Ripple Effect

Personalized Immersion 

Whether you are a beginner or a certified Trailing Professional, you will receive a unique set of field exercises personalized for you, based on your skills, your substrate, your animals, your weather. 

This is a comprehensive training for trackers all the way
through certification to become a Trailing Specialist.

Learning to trail animals is best done


● At your place
● At your pace

Practicing where you are is essential to becoming an expert anywhere. 

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You Will Learn

To read the freshness of tracks and trails

  • And to recognize when the animal knows you are close

Techniques to stay on the fresh trail when tracks are scarce

  • Quickly recognizing turns and turnarounds

Predicting where to find the trail using weather and landscape

  • Including specifics about favored foods, bed locations, how it stays safe

You'll learn to picture where the animal is in relation to its group

  • And how experienced animals use where they’ve been to decide where they’re going

How alarms can locate the animal for you

  • Including how quickly the animal is moving and which way it is going

How to move without alarming wildlife

  • And how to match your rhythm to what is happening on the landscape

How to close the distance between you and the animal

  • Without triggering flight, curiosity, or defensive behavior

The ultimate goal is not the track.

The goal is the animal—unaware of you.

Founding Member Special

REGULAR PRICE
$1,800
FOUNDING MEMBERS
ONE TIME $1,500
MONTHLY $275
LIMITED
TIME
OFFER
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100% Satisfaction,
30-Day Guarantee

If you’re unsatisfied for any reason, receive a full refund within 30 days after your Apprenticeship begins, no questions asked.

Ready to Learn the Skill Few People Still Practice?

If you’ve ever wanted to follow a trail and
understand the wild animal who made it


If you’ve ever wanted to see that animal
without breaking the silence of its world


Then this Apprenticeship is for you.

👉 Enroll now and begin learning
the art of following wildlife trails.

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