One of the Venturer activities was "Man Tracker." The boys had to bush-whack through unmarked territory to reach predetermined points using GPS devices while evading the "trackers" who were on horseback. As you can see some tried to hide, and did fairly well.
Others did not hide so well, but figured a treat would help them in the long run. Both strategies worked.
Our Venturer group on their tower after reaching the end of the tracker activity and retrieving the goodie bag from the rope above the tower.
On another day the venturers mad various items used by native peoples to hunt for food. These are Adleadles. It is a device used to throw an arrow harder than one can by hand. In the north, in the thick forests where trees grow about 18 inches apart, a bow is not always the handiest weapon. The Adleadle solves the problem of having to string a bow in dense brush by being ready to use in less than a second. I'm not sure how well it works against bear, and I'm not willing to try either. I would rather rely on my friends, Smith and Wesson.
The hair helps the aim.
What do you fix for dinner after a long day in the bush? Why 25 pounds of hot dogs, and 25 pounds of perogies, and 10 pounds of baked beans, of course. And what gets consumed by hungry boys after such a feast is ready to eat? All of it, of course. And what tune gets played after dinner by not only your 21 boys, but all 2500 boys? The fartzel symphony, of course.
Pork and beans:
Perogies and onions and hot dog chunks:
The leaders stood back and watched as the boys, led by Joseph, prepared the feast. We also watched them devour it, saving only a few morsels for us.
Here is Joseph and Helaman. Helaman challenged all the boys of the camp to try to best him in push-ups or arm wrestling. Only a few were able to do so, Joseph being one of them.
Samuel and Helaman. As it turns out Helaman is the brother of a sister in our Ward, so he knew most of our boys from Stake activities.
Others did not hide so well, but figured a treat would help them in the long run. Both strategies worked. 
Our Venturer group on their tower after reaching the end of the tracker activity and retrieving the goodie bag from the rope above the tower.
On another day the venturers mad various items used by native peoples to hunt for food. These are Adleadles. It is a device used to throw an arrow harder than one can by hand. In the north, in the thick forests where trees grow about 18 inches apart, a bow is not always the handiest weapon. The Adleadle solves the problem of having to string a bow in dense brush by being ready to use in less than a second. I'm not sure how well it works against bear, and I'm not willing to try either. I would rather rely on my friends, Smith and Wesson.
The hair helps the aim.
What do you fix for dinner after a long day in the bush? Why 25 pounds of hot dogs, and 25 pounds of perogies, and 10 pounds of baked beans, of course. And what gets consumed by hungry boys after such a feast is ready to eat? All of it, of course. And what tune gets played after dinner by not only your 21 boys, but all 2500 boys? The fartzel symphony, of course.
Pork and beans:
Perogies and onions and hot dog chunks:
The leaders stood back and watched as the boys, led by Joseph, prepared the feast. We also watched them devour it, saving only a few morsels for us. 
Here is Joseph and Helaman. Helaman challenged all the boys of the camp to try to best him in push-ups or arm wrestling. Only a few were able to do so, Joseph being one of them.
Samuel and Helaman. As it turns out Helaman is the brother of a sister in our Ward, so he knew most of our boys from Stake activities.
Through our the week, the boys could approach Helaman, or one of the prophets (the presidents from all the stakes represented at the camp) to answer questions from the scriptures. a successful answer earned you an honour bead. At the end of the week, all the boys that answered all 100 questions correctly took a written test to determine the winner. One of our boys and one of our leaders achieved the 100 beads, and both were "honourable mention" after the test.
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