Whatever they got the best deal on at the time! Our camps have gone exclusively to compound bows.

In terms of specs, they usuallly have something with a 25 -35 pound draw. (Or that much of a hold for the compounds.)

What would be insanely cool is a camp that raises their own stand of yew, and your week at camp would involve conserving it, harvesting the wood, planing the branches (I don't think regs for tools prevent that.), and finishing the bows for the camp. This would need a camp director with a requirements-be-damned approach, but it would be saying something if a scout was only allowed to complete the teas at camp using bows made the previous year. (The actual fashioning of the bows could be part of the camp's high adventure program.)

My guess the Bear Titan Youth Recurve
simple, fairly rugged, cheap starter bow $35-50 (usually green color limbs)
wraparound arrow shelf so lefties can use the same bow too (usually shelf wears down)
one bow with bow length, draw length and weight are in the right average range for age group
look like Cub Scout bows to older scouts

Jump up to the $80-100 range - takedown recurves - Polarisl, Mohegan, maybe PSE Junior
- cooler looking
- becomes an inventory issue. Need separate RH and LH bows, different limb lengths, different draw weights

But as mentioned finding the deal is key. You should google "archery kits school program" as there was/is a group NASP or USArchery that gave a good deal on a kit of bows, arrows, targets...

Qwazse - I like your ideas!

My $0.02,

I wanted to make arrows with the WEB 2s this summer and let them shoot those.

I still cannot create a new topic "Nationwide ammunition shortage may effect summer camp".

Even 22 ammunition is hard to find, a local Rifle Shooting MB class has been indefinitely postponed until 22 ammo become available.

"There is a shortage at the moment of .22 ammunition,” said David Chapman, Executive Director of the Buffalo Trail Council (Texas). “Kids like shooting and especially when it’s in a safe environment. During the summer we usually use about 22,000 rounds of ammo."

Chapman says each year major ammo retailers open bulk orders at a discount just for scout councils across the country, but this year it was a let down.

"They opened up the window for about two hours, “ Chapman said. “Then said, we’ve got all the orders we can handle through the end of the year.”

link
http://www.cbs7kosa.com/news/details.asp?ID=42153

Our precamp meeting the CD asked for us to keep our eye open and let him know about the ammo situation...He asked for 80,000 rounds of 22.

Yeah our scout camps have enough ammo for basically the first 2 or 3 sessions and then they'll run out for the rest of the summer.