Knowledge (XXG)

Tracking (Scouting)

Source 📝

69:, relating to the tracking of people and animals. Scouts were encouraged to identify the difference between the tracks of different animals, as well as determining the age of the tracks and the pace of movement. It was in the thirteenth yarn that Baden-Powell introduced sign based tracking, where scouts were encouraged to deduce the location of a person or animal by following signs. The purpose of training scouts in tracking skills was to encourage observation and to make it possible for them to stalk animals for observation, or hunting as food. 158: 27: 72:
The basic Tracking signs that all guides and scouts learn include "This way","No Entry or Danger", "Turn Left", "Turn Right", "Water Ahead", "Obstacle ahead", Split Group", Message _ paces this way" and of course "Gone home"
61:. In the eleventh he wrote that "One of the most important things that a Scout has to learn... is to let nothing escape his attention". He suggested several methods of learning observational skills, such as 41:, tracking within the Scouting movement tends to focus on the tracking of people as well as animals. One form of training includes the laying a 199: 45:
or following a trail laid by others. A trail is made up of a series of signs, largely comprising directions, which are laid on the ground.
37:
is an element of scouting that encompasses observation, stalking and the following of a trail. Unlike the form of tracking
81:
Tracking also involves interpreting the calls and movements of animals to determine whether other people are nearby.
20: 192: 228: 157: 53:
Tracking has been part of scouting and guiding since the beginning; it was the subject of several of
218: 185: 140: 54: 38: 223: 169: 66: 212: 62: 58: 26: 165: 65:
and other memory games. Following this, in yarn twelve, he wrote about
42: 135:(fourth edition reprint ed.), London: C. Arthur Pearson 173: 16:
Element of scouting that focuses on following a trail
193: 8: 114: 102: 200: 186: 25: 95: 7: 154: 152: 172:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 156: 30:Illustration of Porcupine tracks 1: 245: 151: 18: 21:Tracking (disambiguation) 147:(1954 revision ed.) 31: 29: 133:Training in Tracking 19:For other uses, see 166:Scouting or Guiding 117:, pp. 103–127. 39:employed in hunting 32: 181: 180: 145:Scouting For Boys 143:, Robert (1908), 131:Gilcraft (1944), 115:Baden-Powell 1908 103:Baden-Powell 1908 236: 202: 195: 188: 160: 153: 148: 136: 118: 112: 106: 100: 244: 243: 239: 238: 237: 235: 234: 233: 209: 208: 207: 206: 139: 130: 127: 122: 121: 113: 109: 105:, pp. 103. 101: 97: 92: 87: 79: 51: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 242: 240: 232: 231: 229:Scouting stubs 226: 221: 211: 210: 205: 204: 197: 190: 182: 179: 178: 161: 150: 149: 137: 126: 123: 120: 119: 107: 94: 93: 91: 88: 86: 83: 78: 75: 59:campfire yarns 50: 47: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 241: 230: 227: 225: 222: 220: 217: 216: 214: 203: 198: 196: 191: 189: 184: 183: 177: 175: 171: 168:article is a 167: 162: 159: 155: 146: 142: 138: 134: 129: 128: 124: 116: 111: 108: 104: 99: 96: 89: 84: 82: 76: 74: 70: 68: 64: 60: 56: 48: 46: 44: 40: 36: 28: 22: 174:expanding it 163: 144: 141:Baden-Powell 132: 125:Bibliography 110: 98: 80: 71: 55:Baden-Powell 52: 34: 33: 77:Observation 219:Scoutcraft 213:Categories 85:References 63:Kim's Game 224:Tracking 67:spooring 35:Tracking 49:History 164:This 90:Notes 43:trail 170:stub 57:'s 215:: 201:e 194:t 187:v 176:. 23:.

Index

Tracking (disambiguation)

employed in hunting
trail
Baden-Powell
campfire yarns
Kim's Game
spooring
Baden-Powell 1908
Baden-Powell 1908
Baden-Powell
Stub icon
Scouting or Guiding
stub
expanding it
v
t
e
Categories
Scoutcraft
Tracking
Scouting stubs

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.