Tracker

SH-1(Corresponding badge for under 14yrs 6 months – JH-1- Observer .JH-2-Stalker)

Objective: - Show the skill & ability in tracking foot prints and in observation

1. Pass or have passed the observer or the stalker badge.

2. Recognize and explain two different characteristics in each of three different human footprints.

3. Solve with reasonable accuracy, three tracking stories in sand or other suitable natural material.

4. Make a total of 5 plaster casts of the tracks of birds, animals, car, or cycle. All casts to be taken unaided and correctly labeled, with date and place of making. Two of them (at least) to be wild animals or birds)

5. Lay a trail of at least ½ KM in length containing at least four different kinds of signs made of natural material, 40 to 60 signs to be used, and the route to be over ground that the Scout is unfamiliar with. The trail to be followed by a Scout of G.S.M. Standard