Tracking a hidden dog requires reading every available indirect sound cue

Evidence

A special problem arises where the belt of alders widens, and the dog disappears from view. Hurry at once to a knoll or point, where you stand stock-still, straining eye and ear to follow the dog. A sudden scattering of whitethroats may reveal his whereabouts. Again you may hear him breaking a twig, or splashing in a wet spot, or plopping into the creek. But when all sound ceases, be ready for instant action, for he is likely on point. Listen now for the premonitory clucks a frightened partridge gives just before flushing. Then follows the hurtling bird, or perhaps two of them, or I have known as many as six, clucking and flushing one by one, each sailing high for his own destination in the uplands. Whether one passes within gunshot is of course a matter of chance, and you can compute the chance if you have time: 360 degrees divided by 30, or whatever segment of the circle your gun covers. Divide again by 3 or 4, which is your chance of missing, and you have the probability of actual feathers in the hunting coat. — Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 232

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The dog’s nose relates its olfactory world to the hunter’s visible one — Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac: With Other…, 228; Prey animals avoid noisy areas because sound is their security surveillance — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 107; Dynamic auditory cues can override clear visual evidence of source location — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2217

Broader Connections

• Dynamic auditory cues can override clear visual evidence of source location #corroborates (0.80) — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2217
• Prey animals avoid noisy areas because sound is their security surveillance #corroborates (0.75) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 107