. The book of woodcraft . hree, five, or more deer, according to agreement, andthe result is reckoned by points on the whole chase. THE BEAR HUNT This is played by half a dozen or more boys. Each has aclub about the size and shape of a baseball club, but made of straw tied around two or three switches and tightly sewn upin burlap. Games for the Camp 287 One big fellow is selected for the bear. He has a school-bag tightly strapped on his back, and in that a toy balloonfully blown up. This is his heart. On his neck is a bear-claw necklace of wooden beads and claws. (See Cut.) He has three dens a
. The book of woodcraft . hree, five, or more deer, according to agreement, andthe result is reckoned by points on the whole chase. THE BEAR HUNT This is played by half a dozen or more boys. Each has aclub about the size and shape of a baseball club, but made of straw tied around two or three switches and tightly sewn upin burlap. Games for the Camp 287 One big fellow is selected for the bear. He has a school-bag tightly strapped on his back, and in that a toy balloonfully blown up. This is his heart. On his neck is a bear-claw necklace of wooden beads and claws. (See Cut.) He has three dens about one hundred yards apart in atriangle. While in his den the bear is safe. If the den isa tree or rock, he is safe while touching it. He is obliged tocome out when the chief hunter counts 100, and must gothe rounds of the three till the hunt is settled. The object of the hunters is to break the balloon or heart;that is, kill the bear. He must drop dead when the heartbursts. The hunter who kills him claims the But the bear also has a club for defence. Each huntermust wear a hat, and once the bear knocks a hunters hatoff, that one is dead and out of this hunt. He must dropwhere his hat falls. Tackling of any kind is forbidden. The bear wins by killing or putting to flight all thehunters. In this case he keeps the necklace. The savageness of these big bears is lives are lost in each hunt, and it has several timeshappened that the whole party of hunters has been exter-minated by some monster of unusual ferocity. This game has also been developed into a play. 288 Ths Boo-: of Woodcraft SPEARING THE GREAT STURGEON This water game is exceedingly popular and is especiallygood for public exhibition, being spectacular and full ofamusement and excitement. The outfit needed is: (i) A sturgeon roughly formed of soft wood; it should beabout three feet long and nearly a foot thick at the may be made realistic, or a small log pointed at bothends will se
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