scouting
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscoutingscout‧ing /ˈskaʊtɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] DLCthe activities that Scouts take part inExamples from the Corpusscouting• He helped suppress the Matabele rising in 1896, and learned the elements of scouting and intelligence gathering.• He was awarded the Order of the Silver Wolf for his services to scouting.