New Smyrna Beach, FL (July 8th and 9th, 2023) Reserve your slot for $200 down at time of registration, or pay in full, remaining balance must be paid 30 days before the course to secure your seat, your deposit is non-refundable but may be applied to another date with 30 days notice. This 2 day course is designed to provide an introduction to tracking as it applies to hunting, personal safety, sensory awareness, protection of property and livestock, border ops, search and rescue, fugitive recovery, intelligence collection, anti poaching/anti dumping, and recovery of highly evasive animals and individuals who seek escape and refuge in our nations wild lands. Subsequently you will leave with a deeper understanding of how focusing our senses can enrich our personal and professional lives. Subject Matter Expert: Freddy Osuna, a native American, and former USMC scout sniper, has combined the most useful techniques drawn from his years as a professional combat tracking Instructor, Combat Marine, and Hunter to create index tracking. Index tracking, combines the most efficient and successful, tracking techniques into a single system using his simple easy to employ search methods. You will learn how to identify tracks and determine your prey’s precise direction of travel. Index tracking instructs you in the steps to trail and catch your prey quickly and effectively, while remaining aware and safe in your environment. Index tracking provides tested quantifiable techniques for trackers at any skill level and was developed for the benefit of professional, an amateur trackers. It’s techniques are also useful for anyone who wants to be more observant and comfortable in his or her surroundings Freddy Osuna is the nations leading Combat Tracking Subject Matter Expert, Mr. Osuna is a trusted authority on the subject of visual tracking and is the published author of “Index Tracking- Essential Guide to Trailing Man and Beast,” 2012. He is also a contributing writer to Breach Bang Clear, Recoil Magazine and various other military and law enforcement related publications. His knowledge is based on a foundation of real-world deployments and formal Combat Tracking instructor experience with U.S. and allied militaries, federal, state, and municipal law enforcement entities. Osuna’s innovative approach to teaching the craft of visual tracking and sensory awareness is turning heads amongst the nation’s top hard skills trainers. Criteria: In this course you will find a new approach to the teaching of man and animal tracking. Osuna's depth of knowledge on the subject ranges from boyhood experiences on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation in Tucson, AZ; a hunter; a U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper; Search and Rescue Tracker / Instructor; Law Enforcement Tactical Tracking Instructor; Military Combat Tracking Instructor. Living a trackers life spanning 20 plus years and four continents. (Weaponize the Senses - 2023). Topics Covered: -Animal Tracking -Human Tracking -Urban and Rural Tracking -Counter Tracking (How not to be pursued, or leave a trail) -Grid Down communications -Camouflage and Concealment Sensory Defeat -Defeating Facial Recognition -Search and Rescue Techniques and more..... Requirements: Seasonally Appropriate Clothes Note Taking Materials A pack containing water, sunscreen, and DEET- bug spray (Do not come to class pre-applied) Boots or water proof and protective shoes