 The kudu horn is another Wood Badge symbol . Baden @-@ Powell first encountered the kudu horn at the Battle of Shangani , where he discovered how the Matabele warriors used it to quickly spread a signal of alarm . He used the horn at the first Scout encampment at Brownsea Island in 1907 . It is used from the early Wood Badge courses to signal the beginning of the course or an activity , and to inspire Scouters to always do better . 
