How to Track a Predator! 水辺での動物の見つけ方！
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Any body of water is going to be the best place to find animal tracks.
Any body of waterまでが主語、bodyは物体の塊の意味なので、「どんな水場でも」
is going to be the best place
be going to beはそうなりそうという未来の可能性ですが、mayやwillよりも可能性が高いです。なので「最適な場所になる可能性が高い」
to find animal tracks.
「動物の足跡を見つけるため」
trackは後をつけるとか足跡の意味。トラッキングとか言いますよね。
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any body of water is going to be the
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best place to find animal tracks what
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are these I don't know what tracks these
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are hold on a second here we go I think
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I got something
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yes don't know what this is these tracks
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are really intriguing it look like
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dinosaur tracks but of course it's not
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possible at least I don't think it's
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possible
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what's going on coyote pack it is a
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beautiful autumn day here in Columbus
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Ohio and we're at one of my favorite
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metro parks Prairie Oaks Mario do you
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remember the last time we were here I
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definitely do and I was wearing a lot
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more layers because it was freezing I
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definitely appreciated this temperature
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today we made a video called winter
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wilderness a bunny film so I figured
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[Music]
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where we head back out into the
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environment to look for mammals but
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what's unique about today is we're
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debuting the brave wilderness North
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American mammals adventure kit all right
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what's in it of course we all know
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what's inside the box right so my
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favorite mammal is the Wolverine and I
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always wanted a Wolverine figurine as a
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kid so there you have it absolutely love
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this guy oh man so what else is cool
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about this kit is it has an animal track
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plasterer kit Wow I've actually never
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used one of these you've never done this
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before no I'm not
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so that's a legit plaster kit it is so
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what I was thinking we would do today is
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head back out into the environment and
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see who can find the coolest mammal
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tracks and then make plaster casts of
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them now we should rank these tracks on
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three different levels okay
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I think uniqueness of species found the
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quality of the actual print as it lies
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naturally within the environment and
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then last but not least the quality of
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the cast you pool okay sounds good is
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there a prize at the end how about the
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winner gets to take home the toy
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Wolverine nice not yet though first
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you've got to find those tracks let's
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give ourselves 30 minutes you think we
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can find tracks and pour that cast
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within 30 minutes I think so I think I'm
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a good tracker okay cool you have a
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GoPro I'll have a GoPro let's split up
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and may the best animal tracker went
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searching for tracks it's something that
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requires your full attention
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and most instances I consider animal
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tracking an art form it can be very
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difficult to find mammals in the wild
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now what I'm on right here is actually a
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game trail so I followed this aways and
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it heads downhill and it looks like
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toward a river now any body of water is
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going to be the best place to find
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animal tracks where the ground is softer
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that's where the animals are gonna leave
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their impression so this is not
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necessarily going to get some prints
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that well it's a little too dry too hard
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of a surface ah look at this my first
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tracks those are deer tracks right there
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definitely the hook from likely a pretty
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good-sized white-tailed deer now you may
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look at a track like this and say okay
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is this the perfect spot to start your
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cast not really a lot of this substrate
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is very sandy full of tiny little
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pebbles so getting a good impression of
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that track is not gonna be possible
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not sure okay he's doing but I've got
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around 15 minutes left before we have to
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meet back so I've got to really step it
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up here go in that direction now this
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kind of substrate is absolutely perfect
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look at this these deer tracks here are
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in good firm clay now used to be the
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perfect tracks for me to cast except a
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whitetail deer is about the most common
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animal in this area I don't think I'm
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gonna win the contest by casting tracks
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up deer
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what are these
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look at these tracks so I move further
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inland from the river hoping that
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eventually I will find a different body
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of water maybe a swamp maybe a pond
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everything's just so dry right now this
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is looking promising up here though yes
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yes yes this is my first and most
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definitive sign this right there is
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coyote poop and from the smell of it
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it's fresh they may be saying to
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yourself coyote how can you look at
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animal scat and determine that it's from
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a coyote well there are no large canine
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in this area like wolves this is too big
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to be a fox and there are a bunch of
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little hairs and berries also in it as
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to which direction this coyote traveled
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I'm not sure but with the river just
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ahead of us here
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I think I'll go back down to the
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embankment and see if it went down there
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for a drink okay coyote Poobah we are
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hot and on the stinky track this is
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definitely not a mammal I don't know
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what tracks these are huh they look very
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bird-like not sure what species this is
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there's one two three four and it kind
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of disappears here in the long grass
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which of course would make sense if
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you're an animal you're gonna hide in
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this vegetation okay we've got downslope
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over here oh and it looks like summer
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looks like a muddy embankment okay let's
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check this out
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this is the best mother I've seen all
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day look at this it's more mud than
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there is sand and rocks no trust yep
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well don't know what this is these
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tracks are really intriguing they're
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looking like dinosaur tracks but of
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course it's not possible at least I
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don't think it's possible hold on a
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second here we go I think I got
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something
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yes yes yes yes
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we've got coyote tracks Wow okay that's
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a coyote track that's a coyote track
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that right there is a great coyote trap
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yes okay I have found some tracks in
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pretty solid mud and with only about
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three minutes to spare which means I
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need to quickly set up my plaster kit
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and pour that plaster to pull a track
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not exactly the rarest animal in this
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area but at this point I'll take
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anything I can get
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now before I cast my track actually
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something that I'll do is just use a
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small piece of wood like this which is
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an old tree branch it's very flat and
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very smooth it's actually flatten out
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the earth around the track to make as
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perfect of a cast as I can I don't know
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if i Mario's aware of this prep work all
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right so here is the kit most important
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is the instructions mixing ratio two
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fluid ounces of water for every 1/2 cup
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of plaster mix so in the kit is a little
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mixing dish just like this and a track
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ring now you want to place this ring
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around the track so you can pour the
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plaster onto the inside now the next
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step is to actually mix the plaster
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nice with you okay just got my knife and
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now I'm going to slowly start pouring
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that into my mixing container I'm gonna
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only put about a quarter of the bag in
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to start
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gonna put about I'm just gonna put all
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of it actually now the next step is to
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add some water I'm not sure kind of
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measure out two fluid ounces because we
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don't have a measuring device it's gonna
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eyeball it you don't want the plaster to
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be too thin and you don't want it to be
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too thick
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now we also provide you with a stirring
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stick and you want this to have the
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consistency of thick glue so right now
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it is way way way too watery so what I'm
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gonna do is start to add more plaster
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powder this needs more water oh this is
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cool all right now we're getting
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somewhere
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this is getting messy really this will
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start to set within just minutes so you
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want to move quickly once you start your
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mixing process all right next step is to
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pour it in this is that magic moment and
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you only get one shot at it so make sure
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the plaster is the perfect consistency I
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always like to start in the front paw
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pads
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okay now the track is completely covered
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but to make sure that it's all down and
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in you don't have any air pockets I like
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to use my stir stick just work the
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plaster around a little bit and into the
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track
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that's teach water it's a lot harder
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than it looks guys it's my first time
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doing this you want to pace it out as
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you're adding more plaster you don't
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want to dump it all on in one fell swoop
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otherwise it won't dry properly take
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your time be patient and with any luck
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you will have a perfect animal print
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cast all right well there you have it
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that's my attempt at making a plaster
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mold of an animal track okay my track is
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completely cast so at this point we just
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need to wait for about two hours we'll
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come back and check them and then
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identify the species okay sounds good
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okay let's go get some lunch okay
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it has been about two and a half hours
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since we set our blaster yeah and at
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this point it should be dry I'm a little
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nervous why because I don't know if mine
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set properly I don't know if I follow
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the right directions well it is your
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first time and that's what's cool about
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this experience and for a lot of people
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out there watching it will be their
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first time at doing a cast of a track
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but with any luck they'll be fantastic
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so let's head back down this way into
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the wilderness find our tracks
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and see if they say all right check this
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out what do you think those are I have
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no idea I mean my initial instinct would
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be a turkey but the toes aren't long
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enough I mean I don't know I'm gonna see
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you're pulling a fast one on me but
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let's check your plaster and see how
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that is going
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okay so just almost like a sand castle
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flip that over let's see we have
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underneath Wow okay I'm gonna give you
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some credit here it's looking good for a
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little bit of water on there cool that
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looks like a dinosaur that looks exactly
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like a dinosaur footprint you kidding me
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that is a great cast right there so you
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see what happened though is there's a
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lot of sand you know permanently worked
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into your cast you're never gonna go all
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of that out of there so let's take this
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down to the river we're going sit off
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the rest of the way and then we'll go
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check my track all right let's see here
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okay so my ring Oh welcome to come off
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because I didn't put the plaster all the
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way to the edges now here's the tricky
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part because that ground is so solid I
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don't want the cast to break as I'm
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bringing it up so I'm gonna use this
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stick to dig out around the track and
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pry it up yeah just like that
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and the entire structure of the earth
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who comes up with it
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Oh inside there should be a perfect
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coyote track that's looking good this is
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gonna be great
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cookies pattern edges peeled away now
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the next thing I want to do is rinse it
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off in the river and see just how
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perfect it looks now when it comes to
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washing out your cast one thing you can
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use is just an old toothbrush to gently
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finesse out any of the remaining mud and
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dirt okay and there it is a perfectly
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cast coyote track you can see the toe
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pads the heel pad and even some claw
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marks now this was your first time out
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there casting animal tracks in the wild
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what did you think how difficult was
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this well I wasn't that confident
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initially because of the mess I made but
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after the way my cast actually turned
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out it's super easy if I could do it you
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can definitely do it as well now
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remember guys the brave wilderness
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adventure kit North American mammals
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Edition is available right now and when
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it comes to who won the Wolverine
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figurine I think it's a tough call I
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honestly thought that I was gonna win
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just because I knew what I was doing but
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your track with its uniqueness and
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that's a really good cast for a
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first-timer thank you it's tough to tell
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so what I say we do is leave it up to
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the coyote pack okay who's gonna win
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guys is a coyote with a coyote track or
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Mario with the mystery animal
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trafficking write in the comments
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section below and tell us who's gonna
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win the wolverine figurine I'm coyote
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Peterson I'm Mario Tico be brave stay
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wild we'll see on the next adventure all
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right awesome let's head back
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if you are looking for a great place to
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go out and see animals or signs of them
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in a natural environment the parks in
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your area are sure bad winter is coming
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so make sure to get outside and enjoy
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the last warm days of the year if you
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can't find any animal tracks naturally
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like Mario using one of your favorite
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toys to create them is a totally
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acceptable solution
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hey coyote pack if you enjoyed our
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adventure into the autumn wilderness
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make sure to go back and watch our
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original buddy film winter wilderness a
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classic where Mario and I found a
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feather and a deer antler yep it's a
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real thriller and don't forget subscribe
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and click the notification valve so you
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can join me in the crew on our next wild
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adventure yep
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oh yeah 1% Wow and it's definitely a
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little mouse tunnel isn't it nice it's
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basically the rodents are underneath the
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snow they got these little highways that
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they create to stay warm and stay hit it
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from predators pretty cool
