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  1. Busted. And I can't even plead typo; the 'T' and 'P' are even close to each other... On the other hand, I'm knot alone: https://weaving.wonderhowto.com/how-to/tie-sheep-bend-knot-for-camping-325923/
  2. I don't know about brains; I do know about trees. My Scouting mentor was the districts' nature instructor. He would get absolutely effervescent whenever we stumbled upon a new tree that he could teach us. We picked Blueberries and made Sassafras tea together along the AT in every state. Here's a quick way to get boys interested in tree ID: tell them to pick a Sweet Gum leaf and crush it in their hand. (Show them the right tree...) {If you know what a Sweet Gum tree is...} The fresh sap is very fragrant and distinctive. They'll never forget it. FWIW: Try to avoid Sweet Gum as f
  3. And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is how you get a two-beaded Would Badger scouting expert. I see no T-2-1 basic Scout skills in Parkman' perfect training outline. If a leader can't cut firewood, warn a boy about poison sumac, build a lean-to in a storm, splint a broken arm, or even pack a backpack; then that troop should probably stay in the city. Indoors in the city. You can learn basic first aid for paper cuts on the Bandaid box.
  4. Eagledad: you nailed it. Inexperienced new leaders would profit immensely from a quick, non-threatening way for them to learn the basic T-2-1 skills. YPT, troop dynamics, boy-led, and patrol method are all subtleties that can be learned after new leaders are comfortable with the basic skills. There are enough old codgers that can teach the basics and make it fun. There are plenty of young whippersnapper Scouts that could kindly teach a course of T-2-1 and not make new leaders feel like idiots. PLEASE avoid the Wood Badge mentality "We know more than you and are hence better than you u
  5. Sounds fun! Ripped 4x4s (2x2s?) would worry me for their splitting potential. If available, Bamboo would be ideal: lightweight, strong, and good lashing points at the section rings. We expect a report!
  6. Mid 70's Army used 'Two' to end a salute. Large formations, BN size or bigger, always included 'Ready' or 'Ready Up' to improve synchronization.
  7. PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals 'Vegetarian' is an old Cherokee word for 'Poor Hunter'.
  8. Plus one hundred! This ain't the type of adult behavior that you want your son to model.
  9. Hang out on this page long enough and you'll get a 10% discount offer: http://www.hatchetsandaxes.com/tomahawks/throwing-tomahawks Here's the kit that you'll want for camp. (We bought this one for our troop, The extra handles are a necessity, as they get split when hit by subsequent throws.) http://www.hatchetsandaxes.com/scout-special-16-hawk-throwing-kit-for-younger-scouts High dollar, more durable: https://www.sogknives.com/throwing-hawks-3-pack-nylon-sheath.html Our boys grew tired of tomahawks faster than we thought that they would, It
  10. If you go rogue, you may as well go Secret Society, too. Bring back the loincloths! Or is that a YPT issue?
  11. I'll make sausage all day long; but I do NOT want to know how they collect that stuff...
  12. Sounds like extreme sour grapes to me. If mom was going to abscond with kid, she'd do it at 6pm Friday when the OP must give her the child. That mom has visitation shows that she is not a threat. What if mom signed up as a volunteer, passed her background check, and signed up to work daycamp? Would Camp Norse then be responsible for keeping the two apart? I'm sorry that mom had the time to be with son at daycamp and you didn't. Please don't ask volunteer scouters to enforce your pettiness.
  13. In Georgia I have collected one whitetail with a 10mm Colt Delta Elite open sight semi-auto and several with a scoped 38-40 Ruger Blackhawk. Hunting with a pistol makes you up your game in stalking and scouting your prey. The shots must be closer. My 38-40 pistol groups tighter with handloads at 100 yards than my little brother's 30-06. Really hacks him off!
  14. Whatever you do, do NOT let the BF become a registered scout leader. Because then BF could not be at home alone with your son or drive him to meetings.....
  15. My best successes (maybe only successes) with older scouts is when you get them to own modeling and mentoring. "Would you teach Youngscout how to ABC?" "How's Youngscout doing? Do you need any help?" "Thank you for working with Youngscout." Once you get them hooked on teaching skills; they realize that they now have the credibility to teach attitudes, manners, and morals. And the adult leaders are are at the top of this long line of good men teaching boys to be good men, because at some point in their youth, they were Youngscout. Some boys never get it. "Okay, Youngscout can tie
  16. That line of storms blew through here earlier. https://www.ajc.com/news/local/breaking-deadly-incident-newton-county-boy-scouts-camp/tVwr8m3HqQE8KN7moES4DK/ Bert Adams was aggressively thinning the trees when I was last there. It's mostly towering pine trees 100's of feet tall. I can vouch for the fact that cutting 90% of the trees makes the remaining 10% of trees more susceptible to wind damage. Without the rest of the grove to dissipate some of the wind speed, the single trees get whipped around by the full force of the air. What's the solution? No trees? No shade? Dang
  17. You know, I hope several girls sign up this week as boys. It's allowable: Irving can't question the gender selection on the application. It's strategic: why wait on BSA national to get off the stick? Everybody knows that co-ed is coming. Why should BSA penalize my daughter because they can't make up their mind? Why my cavalier attitude? I think that BSA National deserves some of their own medicine. No gays! Ummmm... No atheist Eagles! Well... Certainly no gay leaders for our children to role model. Well you see... No girls! I'd like to see lots of 'boys' with pigtails sig
  18. Who is going to be sued for the first pregnant 'Boy' Scout? STDs anyone?
  19. OMG! "Today everything is so different. Unquestionably one of the great problems of the modern day is the tendency toward soft living; too much heat; too much dress-up clothes; soft, highly seasoned food to tease the appetite. The curse of modern city life for all of us is softness; soft lights; soft easy chairs, soft music, and a passive type of entertainment." Ponder the import of those words for a moment. Before I reveal to you that they were written in 1923... Further: Teach nothing indoors that can be learned out-of-doors. Teach nothing from b
  20. When I read the originating post; I thought the OP was asking how to handle a prospective member who is obviously a girl, but selected a blatantly false position as male in order to game the system. What I would do in the case of a tomboy wanting to be a scout is "Welcome to the troop. But we're going to have an issue with who shares a tent with you, so please recruit another 'boy' to be your buddy." And then we'd have no issues with getting enough female leaders on trips. Because we're all boys, right?
  21. Hopefully Summer Camp will provide enough distractions to keep your son interested for the short term. But I would definitely plan on finding a new troop. The situation you described is toxic and you are not in a position to change it. Leaving for a better troop is definitely preferable to dropping scouting because of aberrant adults. Consider letting your boy know that y'all will be troop shopping (keep it to himself) so that he'll have something to look forward to.
  22. An imaginary tally in my head of forum opinions of Would Badger would break down like this: 30% liked Wood Badge, thought it was worthwhile, and were glad that they were now part of the cool crowd. 30% were gray. It was okay. May have learned a few things. Did make new friends. 30% thought it was a waste of their time. Corporate dynamics are fine for adults who have a monetized interest to leverage, but hard to apply to boys when the adults are supposed to be 100 yards away. Wish they had spent the time with their troop instead. (Most of this group were either old-time sco
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