I'm an Assistant Scout Master in my son's troop. At the last Winter Camporee I hung, and most of the boys thought it was neat. My son isn't real interested in hammocking during Troop campouts as he'd rather bunk with his buddies in their tents so they can all fart and tell jokes most of the night. Which, as I remember from my boyhood is mostly what we did

Found this article:
http://scoutingmagazine.org/2012/06/...mmock-camping/