SCOUT TRACKER

Demonstrate ability to trail animals using cover, camouflage, winds, shadows and background by:

During the day: Cross 800m (Half a mile) of open country to approach an observer in a known position or,

Shadow a subject over 800m in town and report his actions.

By night:

(i) Approach unseen and unheard, within a reasonable distance, a subjectwhose position is known.
(ii) Locate and pass between two observers stationed a reasonable distance apart.

Camouflage against three different backgrounds under varying weather conditions.

Give proof of tracking and studied at least 4 wild birds and animals in their natural environment and record your observations by sketches or photographs.
Make at least 3 plaster casts of tracks of animals, one of which must be wild.

[Note: In all cases, the subject must be known to the Scout]