At Central Park, Cub Scouts learn about navigation, knots, first aid -- and the joys of reveille at sunrise.For 9-year-old Austin Grande, being a Cub Scout means maintaining Scout spirit, always being ...

Well-worn denim jeans are often a favorite for outdoorsmen. Wallets wear faded square marks into rear pockets, along with tobacco tins. I had a policeman friend who carried a little .38 snub nose ...

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As the boys assemble in the morning, the lawn at the Howard County Fairgrounds is painted different colors by T-shirts — red, orange, blue and green. Each color corresponds to the age of the Cub Scout ...

It’s not every day I get to encourage our readers to play with knives, but whittling wood might just be humankind’s second oldest playtime hobby — right after throwing large rocks into bodies of water ...