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Discovery Rangers Advancement Trail

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Being a Discovery Ranger will give a boy many chances to do new things. He will learn new skills, like camping, building models, giving first aid, and cooking. He will learn about the great outdoors and about God and His Word. Royal Rangers will give him the chance to be rewarded for finishing merits and steps on the Advancement Trail.

How The Trail Works
The boy will go to new heights on the "Trail to the Gold Eagle." As he follows the trail, he'll work on merits, and every time he finishes a set of merit requirements, he will receive a new patch. As he earns merits he will also have the chance to complete a new advancement step.

After completing each set of steps and a few other requirements, he'll have a chance to earn three medals:

• The Gold Falcon
• The Gold Hawk
• The Gold Eagle

Merits
There are several ways to earn the merits on the Trail to the Eagle. Some of the merits will be earned during the weekly meetings, while others will require extra effort outside of meeting times. The merits can be earned in any order, and while the Gold Eagle has specific merits that are required, the other merits that are earned are up to the individual Ranger's choice.

Below is a basic explanation of the requirements for the Gold Eagle Medal. For complete details and helpful charts to help the Ranger track his progress through earning all of the Discovery Rangers medals, consult the Discovery Rangers Handbook.

Gold Eagle Red Merits REQUIRED red merits. To earn the Gold Eagle Medal, the Ranger must earn all three of the following: Many Royal Ranger downloadable documents are available in PDF format. If you have problems downloading and opening our PDFs, you can get help here. First Aid Skills Cooking Safety The following are ELECTIVE red merits. You must choose one merit from each of the seven following lists: ELECTIVE 1: Choose one merit from the following Lashing Insect Study Bird Study ELECTIVE 2: Choose one merit from the following Fire Craft Weather ELECTIVE 3: Choose one merit from the following Rope Craft Fingerprinting Art ELECTIVE 4: Choose one merit from the following Compass Space Exploration ELECTIVE 5: Choose one merit from the following Church Junior Light for the Lost BGMC ELECTIVE 6: Choose one merit from the following Tool Craft Rocketry Models and Design ELECTIVE 7: Choose one merit from the following Family Life God and Family ("God and Family" is not a red merit. It is part of the God and Country program, and may be substituted for the red Family Life merit.)

A Discovery Ranger must also earn 8 merits of his choice.

For information on where the patches should be placed on the Discovery Rangers uniform, see the Discovery Rangers Uniform page.

Gold Falcon Medal Gold Hawk Medal Gold Eagle Medal

There's More!
In addition to the Advancement Trail, Discovery Rangers can participate in the God and Country program.