The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-12
THE BIG CAME OF HAWAII


challenge to the courage and skill OF
the hunter they are not outclassed by
the moose, elk, buffalo, or any other
big game in the world.
In few places about Honolulu may
be seen tusks of the fierce wild boar,
trophies of valiant fights. Now and
then one hears stories of wild adven-
ture. of accidents to men and horses
and hounds, stories of stirring scenes
in which for a time some great boar
held the field.
These animals, like the cattle, are
not natives ito the manor born but
are descendants of ancestors who,
landed by some whaler and early an
swering the call of the wild, refused to
live longer with man either on ship or
ashore, civilized or savage. Perhaps
they sensed the universal treachery
and tragedy in the ways of man with
a hog, and in self-defence abandoned
humanity for good and all. Whatever
the reason, they are to this day the
Philistines of the wilderness, savage
and untamed, though sometimes con
quered.
Little sought for as game, and yet to
be classed with it, are the wild dogs OF
the mountains Among them natures
sure law of reversion of type is seen
in operation. Here are shepherds,
hounds, mastiffs, on their way back to
the primitive pack, all destined to be-
come wolves at last. These wolf-dogs
are not ordinarily dangerous, though
when they do assume the offensive the
hunter had better keep to his nerve
and be sure of his aim.
More widely distributed about the
islands than any other big game are
the wild goats. They are found among
the green clad sierras of Oahu, as well
as out in the secret, dreary recesses or
the lava flow In the desolation of an
cient craters they also make their
home. Hunting wild goats is sport for
the hardy mountaineer with true Wis
ion and practiced craftsmanship.
A great deer preserve is found on
the island of Molokai. A long time
the Orient as a present to the King OF
Hawaii These were set free on Mo-
lokai, where they were protected I'M
til their number had greatly increased.
Now deer hunting may be enjoyed
there by the sportsmen as much as lie
likes. OF course if many specimens OF
the genus game hog" should be ad-
mitted conditions would be changed in
a very short time. Happily not many
such pests are known in Hawaii, and
if they were, the Island sportsmen
would not be likely to tolerate them
long
1t is proper to mention with the big
game of Hawaii one variety that is
not an Importation, one that preceded
man himself, namely the shark. Shark
hunting was red letter sport with the
ancient Hawaiians as it is today one
of the most popular and exciting for
the kamaaina and the haole alike.
These monsters of the sea- twelve feet,
some specimens even twenty feet long,
with sufficient capacity of jaw to easily
hold human body, put up a game the
hunter or fisherman will not soon for
get. They are first caught with baited
hooks and when drawn near the boat
are shot. A blow with a sharp Ratchet
just above the dorsal fin helps them to
be quiet. But they do not "lie down
easy" it is a real fight TO the finish.
The first one to be captured usually be-
comes lure for the others who follow
him, a vicious, hungry procession to
the same fate, until the hunter has
taken enough.
Hawaiian Words-Lanai, porch or
veranda; kamaaina, old-timer or pio-
neer or native; haole, white man or
foreigner or newcomer. Waikiki, To-
cal name for the beach and district
between Diamond Head and Honolulu.
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