Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-04

hunting trip in the San Gabriel valley,
bringing with them fifteen doves, which
they say they took on the wing.
A party of eight, among whom were
c. Lane, Harry Lane, James NJ. White
and w. Cherry, terminated a three
weeks hunting trip through the Red
Rock canyon yesterday and returned
to Los Angeles with eight deer and the
record for the largest number of deer
which were taken out of the Red Rock
canyon this season. The biggest deer
weighed 151 pounds and was shot by
James White on the last day of the
hunt. White also got another deer, but
1t did not weigh as much as the big
four -pronged buck. The party are
unanimous in asserting that the trip
was the pleasantest they ever had.
w. B. Barber, Billy Jerrue and Fred
Long returned Monday morning from
an extensive hunt which lasted two
days. They had unusually good luck
for such short hunt. 1t is said that
they procured three deerS on the first
morning of their hunt, but, unwilling to
be content with one apiece, they
secured the district for the limit. When
seen yesterday they would not divulge
the name of the place where they had
procured the deer giving as a reason
that they intended to go out next week
and finish the well started job.
Harry Benedict, son of Sergeant Ben
edict of the Los Angeles police depart
ment, yesterday shot one of the largest
deer of the season. When dressed 1t is
said to have weighed about 175 pounds
Harry was stalking through the low
lands of the hills back of Beverly last
night and saw long form indistinctly
through the brush. Taking aim, he
shot the deer through the heart. He
will have the head mounted, as it is a
four-pointer.
Deer are not found in the lowlands
at this time of year. was the state
ment made yesterday by C. G. Hen
Erickson. If any man is qualified to
make such statement it certainly is
the man who made it. He is the owner
of large ranch in the San Fernando
valley and has in corral eight deer.
He got the deer when they were young
and they have become great pets. He
has studied them persistently through
out the different stages of change
which a deer goes through in an or
dinary life. He says: "The fact that
deer do not risk the high mountains
now is proven by their horns, which
still are covered with fur. If you
should get close enough to deer, as
have the opportunity of doing, and
take hold of the horn and press 1t the
least bit, you would see that the deer
would cringe from you. This would be
due to the fact that the horn under the
fur is still soft, almost pulp, and the
pressure on the horn will cause blood
to flow from the tip of the horn. That
is proof enough that the deer will not
risk going through the heavy wooded
country and climbing to the top of
the peaks, because he could not do so
without bruising the undeveloped horn.
The horn of the deer will not be in
good condition for a month yet, after
that time the hunter may look for him
as high as he pleases." Mr.. Hend-
r.ckson has twelve sets of horns pro-
cured from deer which he mas snot
during the past six years, and he In
tends to make a gun rack from them:
Between the horns will be the feet or
several deer. The rack when complet-
ed will hold about twenty guns and
should grace the den of the most par
ticular hunter.
One Of the most successful trips or
the season, from the standpoint of a
Jolly good time If not from the NUM-
ber OF deer shot, was one made by Ed