Terminology Pet Peeves

[Umpqua Hunter]

I have been thinking of starting this thread for a while. What are your pet peeves when it comes to hunting? One of mine is the incorrect use of the word "stock"

I was "stocking" the antelope. The correct way to say it is...I was "stalking" the antelope.

The correct use of these words is:

Stocking: What a woman wears on her feet and legs.

Stock: That is the wood or composite thing on your rifle.

Stalk and Stalking: The correct words for sneaking up on critters.

 

[packmule]

How folks say calibers...


.223 = two twenty three....not two two three or 2 hundred twenty three.

 

[buckbull]

My biggest gripe are the folks that discuss gun control on the TV from both politicians and news anchors. They don't know the difference between semi-auto and automatic, and that a "clip" is not the same thing as a "magazine". They routinely call ammunition rounds as bullets.

Besides what the idiots on TV say, I don't personally like calling antlers by the name of "horns".

 

[bdjmtn]

Those are all of my pet peeves too! Some others are when someone says I saw four doe today, when it should be does. If I hear I smoked him one more time I am going to puke.

 

[Fink]

Harvest. I killed that deer. No harvesting was conducted.

 

[packmule]

Calling fawns yearlings.

 

[CrimsonArrow]

Calling fawns yearlings.

Or calling buck fawns 'button bucks'. You shot a fawn, now man up and accept it.

 

[humbletaxi]

Calling antelope "goats" gets kind of annoying.

 

[humbletaxi]

But I guess calling them antelope is no better than calling them goats since they are actually neither of those.

 

[packmule]

You mean speed goats.....

 

[packmule]

Every scoring system I've come across does too

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Calling antelope "goats" gets kind of annoying.

X2! I hate that

 

[BKC]

When I am hunting deer in antelope country or antelope in deer country, I use the term "goat" to distinguish an antelope buck from other deer. I know it is not correct but it saves confusion in the field.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

When I am hunting deer in antelope country or antelope in deer country, I use the term "goat" to distinguish an antelope buck from other deer. I know it is not correct but it saves confusion in the field.

I totally get that. For me it is the general use of the word instead of Pronghorn or Antelope.

 

[humbletaxi]

So your telling me that an animal scientifically named antelocapra americana is not an antelope?

A the mountain goat, chamois, tahr and muskox are technically antelope as well.

The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl mammal endemic to interior western and central North America. Though not an antelope, it is often known colloquially in North America as the prong buck, pronghorn antelope, or simply antelope,[3] as it closely resembles the true antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to convergent evolution.[4] It is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae.[5] During the Pleistocene period, 12 antilocaprid species existed in North America.[6] About five existed when humans entered North America[citation needed] and all but A. americana are now extinct.[5]

That is directly from wikipedia.... but I also still call them antelope.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl mammal endemic to interior western and central North America. Though not an antelope, it is often known colloquially in North America as the prong buck, pronghorn antelope, or simply antelope,[3] as it closely resembles the true antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to convergent evolution.[4] It is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae.[5] During the Pleistocene period, 12 antilocaprid species existed in North America.[6] About five existed when humans entered North America[citation needed] and all but A. americana are now extinct.[5]



That is directly from wikipedia.... but I also still call them antelope.

I could only read about every 4th word of that so I skipped to the last part you wrote! I agree. Hahaahhahahahahhahahahhaha

 

[shootbrownelk]

Harvest. I killed that deer. No harvesting was conducted.

Right Fink, You PICK corn, You HARVEST wheat, and you KILL Deer!

 

[AKaviator]

So your telling me that an animal scientifically named antelocapra americana is not an antelope?

A the mountain goat, chamois, tahr and muskox are technically antelope as well.

Not sure about the others but I kinda doubt that Musk Ox are technically antelope.

Either way, my pet peeve is more directed a the hunting t.v. shows that make hunting a team sport. I think they should build themselves an arena and let us have comfortable seats and popcorn and pay to watch who kills the most turkeys and whitetails.

 

[velvetfvr]

So your telling me that an animal scientifically named antelocapra americana is not an antelope?

A the mountain goat, chamois, tahr and muskox are technically antelope as well.

Yeah because pronghorn is a entirely different species! I have a whole book on them and did 2 reports on them! Pronghorn is the only one of its kind.


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[BigSurArcher]

"Can't eat the horns".

"Don't pass on the first day what you would shoot on the last".

"Tag soup".

These phrases are irritating to me.