Tracking (hunting)
（重定向自Animal tracking）
![A walking deer track located in the Apalachicola National Forest in northern Florida](/Images/godic/202412/21/Deer_track5325.JPG")
Tracking in hunting and ecology is the science and art of observing animal tracks and other signs, with the goal of gaining understanding of the landscape and the animal being tracked (quarry). A further goal of tracking is the deeper understanding of the systems and patterns that make up the environment surrounding and incorporating the tracker.