ADVANCED MERIT: WILDERNESS SURVIVAL
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 1.  Demonstrate your ability to build a fire without matches.

     Method:  ______________________________________________________________________

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 2.  Cook a meal of at least three different items without using cooking utensils.

     a.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     b.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     c.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

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 3.  Build an overnight shelter and a ground bed, using native materials, and use
     them for 1 night.

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 4.  Demonstrate your ability to construct 2 of the following from native materials:

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     a.  A small animal snare.  _______________________________________  ___/___/___

     b.  A fishhook.            _______________________________________  ___/___/___

     c.  A frog or fish spear.  _______________________________________  ___/___/___


 5.  Submit a list of 10 edible wild greens, and explain how they should be prepared
     for eating.

     a.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     b.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     c.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     d.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     e.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     f.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     g.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     h.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     i.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     j.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

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 6.  Submit a list of 5 edible roots, and explain how they should be prepared for
     eating.

     a.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     b.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     c.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     d.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     e.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________


 7.  Submit a list of 10 types of small animals that may be used for emergency food.

     a.  __________________________________   b.  __________________________________

     c.  __________________________________   d.  __________________________________

     e.  __________________________________   f.  __________________________________

     g.  __________________________________   h.  __________________________________

     i.  __________________________________   j.  __________________________________

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 8.  With a friend or a group go on a survival camping trip of at least 1 day and
     night.  You should build your shelter and bed from native materials, eat only
     food you have found or caught in the field, and cook your food without the aid
     of utensils.

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 9.  Place yourself in the following three imaginary situations.  Imagine you have
     only a pocket knife, and 3 days will pass before you are rescued.  Make a list
     of things you should do in order to survive.  This list must be realistic and
     based on survival knowledge and techniques.

     a.  Being lost in a wooded, mountainous, wilderness area.

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     b.  Being the only survivor of a plane crash in a cold, snow covered area.

     _______________________________________________________________________________

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     c.  Being stranded in a jeep in a hot, dry desert.

     _______________________________________________________________________________

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10.  Know how to give the proper distress signals using fire, smoke, a flashlight,
     a mirror, a gun, etc.

     a.  Fire.  ____________________________________________________________________

     b.  Smoke.  ___________________________________________________________________

     c.  Flashlight.  ______________________________________________________________

     d.  Mirror.  __________________________________________________________________

     e.  Gun.  _____________________________________________________________________

     f.  _________________  ________________________________________________________

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11.  Explain three ways you can find directions on a cloudy day without using a
     compass.

     a.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

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     b.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

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     _______________________________________________________________________________

     c.  ____________________  _____________________________________________________

     _______________________________________________________________________________

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