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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 subject whose position is known.
(ii) Locate and pass between two observers stationed a reasonable distance apart.
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Camouflage against three different backgrounds under varying weather conditions.
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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.
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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.