►Start looking where sign is most likely to be found, start at [ LKP ], investigate it completely.
►Look where the person being sought spent enough time to leave evidence.
►Look where the person would have walked.
►Obviously sign/track is most easily seen in moist sand or firm moist mud.
►Muddy areas, salt flats, fields of high grass, river and creek banks, steep
embankments, dusty roads or trails will show signs
readily.
►Do not overlook the sides of paved roads.
►Game trails or travel aids such as fence lines or power lines, utility pipe lines.
►Periodically test the area by testing your own print.