The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-09
HUNT FOR BIG GAME.
A Woman Braves Dangers in Search
for Big Horn Sheep.

Mr.. and Mrs Howard S. Reed, in
their recent two months trip in Low
er California, shot more big horn sheep
i than ever before were secured by one
hunting party, and this means much,
/ for the successful stalking of sheep on
the peninsula is regarded as one of the
most difficult of accomplishments. The
| Reed s nineteen victims were not only
excellent specimens but included big
horns of all ages.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed, who were ac'
companied by Eldridge d. Rand, went
| down the west coast in schooner and
landed at a village not far from Mag
dalena bay. They had three guides and
packers, pack train of eight mules
and three more animals on which they
rode.
The Reeds gradually worked their
way 80 miles inland, reaching a re-
gion seldom invaded by white sports
men, The scarcity of water was a very
serious matter Tt had sometimes to be
packed for thirty miles and was sell
dom of good quality. The water holes
contaminated. The country is as wild
and rocky as parts of Wyoming. Be-
fore the trip was ended nearly all the
footwear was torn to pieces. It was
almost impossible to keep shoes on the
mules.
Unquestionably the success of the
Reeds on the recent trip for big horn
sheep was due to the fact that Mr..
Reed has been close student of sheep
in every range from Northern Alaska
to the point furthest south where they
are to be found.
The big horn sheep, like the ante
lope, is growing very rare, and even in
Lower California it taxes the ingenuity
of a hunter to get shot at one. Mr.
Reed was anxious to secure specimens
of all ages for preservation in some
museum Every animal shot was care
fully measured, samples of shrubs or
other food on which it may have been
feeding gathered, and a photograph
taken For the establishment of mu,
scum of natural history in California
Mr. Reed has contributed money as
well as his personal efforts, and his
hope viii probably be realized in the
near future.
Mrs. Reed has often taken her life
in her hands. She can skin and pre-
serve big game like a professional,
knows WOOQcfdIJ anu Is Il
dead shot with the rifle. Fatigue seems
unknown to her. She and her husband
are in perfect harmony in their love
of the wilds. When in the field she
wears short khaki skirt, flannel shirt, |
Khaki hat and elkskin shoes and leg
gings In Alaska she carried 405 |
Winchester and in the South a .351 |
Remington, the weapon that shoots |
through steel.
Mrs. Reed is the only white woman |
who has ever had the courage to pene- |
trate the wilderness of lower Califor-
MIA. She bagged two sheep, one fine |
eve and a ram. She also did her own |
skinning, and the old Indian guide did |
a war dance when he saw her skill with |
the hunting knife. The eve killed had |
a lamb and this the huntress decided |
to raise
The killing of famous ram was one
of the exciting incidents of the trip. |
Mr.. Reed had heard stories of the |
and wished eagerly for shot.
For years big game hunters had chased
it in vain. Some had even come over
from England, lured by romantic tales
IF the gigantic sheep, but until Mr..
Reed s arrival it had escaped leaden I
pills. The monarch of the peninsula
ed solitary life, keeping apart from
he band and generally taking up a
position on some almost inaccessible
rag, where he could see approaching
n
The Reeds followed the trail eager
V, but it was a week or more before
heir opportunity came. Near shutdown
he big ram was seen on distant crag.
1ihouetted against the glowing skies.
lie had already seen the hunting party
md evidently was curious about the
Mules
Leaving his companions. Mr.. Reed
'egan crawling on his hands and knees
oward the animal, and when within
twenty-five yards fred straight and
rue for the sleeps shoulder. The
lorns measure seventeen and three /,
uarter inches at the base.