Perhaps Beleg was, but this does not by any means imply that Elves were as a whole better than Men at such things -- and certainly a Ranger would far surpass an average Elf of Rivendell, Lindon, Lorien or Mirkwood (although considerable skills in woodcraft were to be found in the latter of these places).
Actually, the way I see it, a good tracker is a good tracker. As Legolas -- an Elf, a Wood-Elf himself -- says, Aragorn could read a 'bent grass-blade'. I doubt that Beleg could have perceived more from such signs than the experience and prowess of Aragorn did.
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