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Task · part of 4. One of seven projects: from a book report to two study skins

4(d). Make and bait a tracking pit

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Then report what mammals and other animals came to the bait. Nothing happens on the day you build it. The waiting is the requirement, and it needs somewhere you can leave it undisturbed.

Note. Nothing happens on the day you build a tracking pit. It needs somewhere you have permission to leave it undisturbed and enough nights for something to find it, so it is a route that starts early or not at all.

Where this step comes from

  1. Mammal Study Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 4(d)

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