Kyt Lyn Walken


  • Combat tracking teams of Vietnam.

    Combat tracking teams of Vietnam.

    Not much is really known about them except for the few specialty instructors around that have dug into it some. They were a special operations team to say the least. Acceptance rates to qualify for a team were similar, maybe even lower than the the qualifications of today. They were extremely good and extremely well…

  • “Trackers revive, teach old skill for finding lost people”.

    “Trackers revive, teach old skill for finding lost people”.

    “In the vast forests and open spaces of Minnesota, finding missing people can be expensive and time consuming. When someone is lost in the north woods, searching for them often requires airplanes, helicopters and dozens of people. To make such searches more efficient, White Earth tribal conservation officers are learning an ancient skill called man…

  • Forensic Tracking.

    Forensic Tracking.

    “[…] Footwear and tire track evidence can be essential to your case, but it’s often overlooked. In some cases, CSIs identify the evidence but assume they can’t do anything with it. Weather extremes and difficult surfaces can make casting very challenging, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. In this two part series, I’ll first review…

  • P.L.S.

    P.L.S.

      Tracking is a valuable tool to eagerly reduce the area of conducting the searching for the missing one. PLS (Point Last Seen) occurrs to be the very last spot the Subject has been seen by witnesses or told to be so. Using Tracking Tecniques and especially cutting for sign will help searchers to determine the…

  • History of Man Tracking: Frank North and the Pawnee Scouts.

    History of Man Tracking: Frank North and the Pawnee Scouts.

    Born in Manhattan, NY, 1840, Frank Joshua North has been an American interpreter, United States Army officer and politician. In 1860 North worked as a clerk and interpreter at the Pawnee Agency trading post in Genoa, Nebraska. Four years later, n 1864, General Samuel R. Curtis asked Frank North to organize a company all made of Pawnee scouts.…

  • History of Man Tracking: Selous Scouts.

    History of Man Tracking: Selous Scouts.

    PAWME CHETE! Lots have been said about this special Regiment of the British Army during the Rhodesia War (1973-1980, year of the constitution of Zimbabwe). They were aimed to the “the clandestine elimination of terrorists/terrorism both within and without the country“. That’s why I firmly think it’s peculiar to recommend you the best and more complete…

  • History of Tracking: Mountain Men and Trappers.

    History of Tracking: Mountain Men and Trappers.

    The story of the Old American Frontier is totally entwined with the legendary figures of the Mountain Men, also called Trappers, as their primary business was coming across the territory of Missouri toward the Rocky Mountains in search of beaver furs to sell. Below you can find an interesting extract from “Trappers, Traders, and Trailblazers:…

  • History of Man Tracking: 1834, FreMantle (Australia).

    History of Man Tracking: 1834, FreMantle (Australia).

    One of the most outstanding cases of excellence in Tracking can be related to Aborigenal Trackers, becoming legendary to the minds and eyes of the White People, whose first Colonies started established in the Isle in 1788. To them, Aboriginal Trackers did have such an inner, magic, misty power: they are able to follow a…

  • History of Man Tracking-The Primitive Era.

    History of Man Tracking-The Primitive Era.

    Tracking has been an essential skill to Primitive Men, as it happened to be the cornerstone of their survival ability, and also their will to. Years before the Man started to devote himself to plantations and farms, the Tracking expertise allowed him to follow his game in every kind of scenario: forests, meadows, grasslands, savanna, and…