Wilderness Survival

Jake and his friends construct a shelter beneath a downed pine tree to sleep in so that they can earn their Wilderness Survival Merit Badge. They all slept in it, despite stinging nettle and an over-curious moose.

Jake, Colter A, Ty S, Thomas R, Matt K

No, Colter isn't flipping off the camera. He's showing off his new stitches. The boys learned that karate chopping a swarm of wasps with a kitchen knife isn't an effective bug deterrent, but is an effective Boy Scout deterrent.