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Show 1 5-Year-OId Girl World's Youngest Big Game Hunter DAYTON'. O.-Elam Monesmith, 15-year-old Dayton bobby soxer, is the world's youngest big game hunter. hunt-er. She has made three expeditions into Africa with her father, James, a machinery dealer turned explorer. explor-er. Another trip will begin in November. No-vember. The first hunting trip for the father-daughter combination was in 1946 to the Belgian Congo. Since then the two have traveled through nearly every part of Africa. They usually hunt as a team, with" her father lassoing the animals and Elaine standing guard with a gun, in case. Her first jungle kill was to save her father's life. He was shooting pictures of a herd of elephants when one charged. Elaine's deadly aim with an "elephant gun" stopped the animal in 4ime. She weighed 105 pounds when she started her last trip. She came home weighing 88. "The life is rugged, she says. "Sometimes our party will cover 25 miles a day. Often we are gone for two weeks from our headquarters. That means camping out every night in the jungle." Her ambition is to lead her own expedition. |