Joel Hardin

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Joel Hardin (born in 1940 in Ontario, Oregon) is a former United States Border Patrol inspector and expert. He currently teaches tracking through his company Joel Hardin Professional Tracking Services based in Stites, Idaho.

Career[]

After high school, Joel joined the Idaho Air National Guard and served in the local police department of Emmett, Idaho. Later, in 1965, Joel joined the United States Border Patrol in which he served for 25 years, protecting both the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canadian borders. It was during his time on the U.S.-Mexico border that he learned tracking from fellow Border Patrol agents, namely . Since his retirement from the Border Patrol in 1990, Joel has devoted himself to mantracking, training search and rescue groups, military, law enforcement, and interested individuals.

Notable tracking cases[]

• 1979: assisted apprehension of Artie Ray Baker, ex U.S. special forces member, and his wife after the murder of a U.S. Customs Inspector
• 1982: allegedly debunked Bigfoot footprints allegedly faked by a part-time U.S. Forest Service employee at Walla Walla, Washington

Books[]

• Tracker: Case Files & Adventures of a Professional Mantracker by Joel Hardin with Matt Condon, 2004, ISBN 0-9753460-0-8

References[]

External links[]

• Joel Hardin Professional Tracking Services
• Outside Magazine February 2002 article featuring Joel Hardin
• [1] ABA Article He Tries Men's Soles