Traditsionnaya Ohkotnik

[paleoman]

#2858

This is as close as I could get (phonetically) to “Traditional Bowhunter” in either Russian or Polish. It means Traditional Hunter. Both languages in use by the old folks (and practically interchangeable) whence my family came, in my lifetime. Interesting to me there is no word for “bowhunter”, as I’m sure they had bows. I’m trying to learn some of the language as I miss the old folks and their ways. If anyone wants to throw in a reference to their ethnicity and translate “Traditional Bowhunter”, Google translate is a whole lot of fun. I’m feeling tribal as hell lately, everything seems to be getting condensed down to the politically correct and institutionalized behavioral standards. Good and bad there, I know….

[Doc Nock]

#13701

Perhaps, my friend, in other countries, languages, if you were a hunter, you were a hunter, not a gatherer…and what weapon you used was less important than if you kept your family fed???

I wonder if this delineation folks get wound up about, ie, what type weapon to then build elite camps around similar mind sets, isn’t just something American or North American (not to leave out our CN friends).

Curious question to me… I think the fact that states started putting together “special” seasons for varied like type weapons may have created some of the rift…each “camp” assured the other has a jump on them, or an unfair advantage, thus starts the “my dog’s better’n your dog”… rhetoric..

[paleoman]

#13705

Doc Nock wrote: Perhaps, my friend, in other countries, languages, if you were a hunter, you were a hunter, not a gatherer…and what weapon you used was less important than if you kept your family fed???

I wonder if this delineation folks get wound up about, ie, what type weapon to then build elite camps around similar mind sets, isn’t just something American or North American (not to leave out our CN friends).

Curious question to me… I think the fact that states started putting together “special” seasons for varied like type weapons may have created some of the rift…each “camp” assured the other has a jump on them, or an unfair advantage, thus starts the “my dog’s better’n your dog”… rhetoric..

I think you’re on it Doc, you’re a hound dog:lol: Never “thunked” of that, but makes sense.

[Doc Nock]

#13713

Thanks for the compliment…Just SWAG…Scientific Wild-A$$ guess, Paleo…

Once you said you couldn’t find bow hunter in your chosen language, it made m e think… maybe it’s us or a modern-ish thing to delineate what type weapon and then identify yourself with that alone…

Me? I’m a meat eater. Can’t think of anything better then meat on a stick, but when archery is over, and the freezer is empty, I’ll go with whatever is allowed and try to “make meat”… Where I did hunt, with an o range pumpkin behind every tree, and a running critter was likely to die of lead poison from a barrage of shots, I hung the bow. Never had enough private ground to make it worth sticking the course…shame on me, eh?! 🙄

While you’re feeling all “tribal”…watch your top knot and keep yer britchen cinched up!:shock:

[skifrk]

#14600

I will ask the wife on this one later and give you a right wording, be careful about comparing the 2 language as being similar, after all there is still a lot of bitter history between Poland and Russia. Interesting enough you can not bowhunt right now in Poland.

[paleoman]

#14912

skifrk wrote: I will ask the wife on this one later and give you a right wording, be careful about comparing the 2 language as being similar, after all there is still a lot of bitter history between Poland and Russia. Interesting enough you can not bowhunt right now in Poland.

I agree on the bitter history, no doubt about that. I can only say there is a definite common Slavic root in many of the words, certainly not all. I used “interchangeably” a little loosely. God only knows why I post some of the things I do. If I graphed myself, I would probably peak out on the worst posts on Sunday evenings. I definitely do get the Sunday evening blues8)

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