How to Use the Tracking in Hunting on RuneScape

Travel to a hunter shop. There are two available: Aleck's Hunter Emporium, found in Yanille, and an unnamed shop in Nardah. The more accessible of the two is Aleck's in Yanille. Yanille is a small town found near the center of the world map, south of Ardougne and slightly southwest of Port Khazard. Aleck's shop is found in the main square of the town.

Purchase a noosing wand at Aleck's shop. This item is always in stock and sells for four coins.

Travel to the Feldip Hills, one of the game's main hunting areas. They lie immediately south of Yanille. Although characters with the Hunting skill can attempt to hunt anywhere on the world map, the designated hunting areas represent your best chance for catching game.

Locate a burrow. Burrows are small caves in the ground where the various animals that can be tracked live. They are found in random locations throughout the hunting areas. They resemble a small stone arch surrounding a hole in the ground. When you locate one, approach it and click on it. Choose "Inspect" from the pop-up menu. A paw-print trail leading away from the burrow will be revealed.

Follow the paw-print trail. Whenever the trail comes to a bush, tall grass or other obstruction, click on the obstruction to search for the animal. If it is not there, a new paw-print trail will be revealed which you must follow to the next obstruction. Eventually you will find the animal's hiding place.

Select the noosing wand from your inventory and use it on the animal's hiding place. This will usually result in capturing the animal, but there is a small chance the attempt will fail and the animal will escape. In this case, you will have to begin again from a different burrow.