Mounted Mantracking
| Duration | 5 days / 40 hours |
|---|---|
| Class Size | Contact for details |
| Prerequisite | None |
| Target Personnel | Law enforcement, search and rescue, military, federal and tactical units operating in rural, wilderness, and large-area environments |
| Certification | Worldwide Trackers Mounted Mantracking certification upon completion |
| Cost | Contact for quote |
Mounted Mobility Meets Operational Mantracking
The Mounted Mantracking Course is an advanced operational tracking program that integrates professional mantracking principles with horseback mobility tactics to enhance speed, range, and situational awareness in large-area operations.
Designed for high-demand environments where time and distance are critical, this course trains personnel to effectively track and operate from horseback while maintaining precise visual interpretation of ground sign under movement.
Mounted tracking provides a decisive operational advantage in remote and expansive terrain, allowing teams to rapidly extend search corridors, maintain elevated observation, and apply continuous pressure on a subject's movement path without sacrificing tracking integrity.
This is a field-dominant course, built around realistic pursuit and search scenarios modeled after law enforcement manhunts and search and rescue operations.
What You Will Learn
Mounted Tracking Operations and Safety
- Operational control and safety while tracking mounted
- Rider and horse coordination under field stress conditions
- Movement discipline while maintaining visual tracking focus
- Speed management without loss of sign fidelity
Advanced Mantracking from Elevation
- Spoor identification at speed — footprints, ground compression, vegetation disturbance
- Direction-of-travel analysis from mounted elevation advantage
- Pressure release and behavioral indicator recognition in terrain
- Tracking continuity across varied and broken ground conditions
Field Sign Interpretation and Tracking Accuracy
- Real-time aging and interpretation of tracks in operational environments
- Sign detection in degraded or high-traffic terrain
- Tracking across dirt, sand, gravel, brush, and hard surfaces
- Recognition of evasion tactics and concealment patterns
Team Integration and Mounted Coordination
- Mounted and dismounted team tracking integration
- Sign cutting and forward tracking operations
- K9 unit and ground team coordination
- Leapfrogging techniques to compress time and expand coverage area
Training Philosophy
This course is designed around one principle: speed without loss of accuracy saves lives.
Students operate in continuous field scenarios that replicate real operational conditions where tracking decisions must be made dynamically, under movement, and with incomplete information. Emphasis is placed on developing the ability to maintain sign integrity while increasing operational tempo — especially in large and complex terrain environments.
Why the Instructor Matters
Fernando Moreira brings 40+ years of active operational tracking experience to every course, and his instruction reflects current field doctrine rather than legacy curriculum. He has trained mounted units, search and rescue teams, and military personnel across multiple continents. The Mounted Mantracking scenarios reflect operational conditions Fernando has actively worked in — not theory.
Course Outcomes
Upon completion, your personnel will:
- Operate effectively as mounted tracking assets in field environments
- Rapidly expand search coverage while maintaining tracking accuracy
- Improve subject acquisition time in rural and wilderness operations
- Integrate seamlessly with multi-agency tracking and search teams
- Maintain tracking integrity at operational tempo from elevation
Operational Applications
- Missing person searches in rural and wilderness environments
- Suspect tracking and rural pursuit operations
- Large-area search containment and directional tracking
- Real-time decision-making under operational pressure
Who This Course Is For
- Law enforcement mounted patrol units
- Search and rescue teams operating in rural or wilderness terrain
- Military units requiring mounted tracking capability
- Federal and tactical units operating in large-area environments
Schedule Training
All courses are conducted at your facility, available on request for custom delivery to your agency. Contact us to discuss dates, logistics, and mounted-unit coordination.
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All courses are conducted at your facility. Worldwide Trackers will provide a travel estimate upon request.
Contact: fernando@tacticaltrackingschool.com
Phone: 775-338-0882