deerstalkers

Trackers of venison

Deerstalkers are close-fitting caps with brims front and back and earflaps that can tie up over the crown or down under the chin.

Originally worn for hunting in the Scottish Highlands, they're now associated almost entirely with Sherlock Holmes, who wore one in Sidney Paget's original illustrations.

He showed up in a deerstalker like some amateur detective.

Sherlock

Holmes

Fictional London investigator

Victorian · magnifying glass · pipe · deduction · mystery · Arthur Conan Doyle · sleuth · investigation · London · crime

hunting

tracking

Monitoring location over time

Highland · Scotland · countryside · moor · estate · rifle · season · venison · trophy · buck

Opposites
hunting method/subsistence strategy

deerstalkersgatherers

Those who amass

foragers · farmers · cultivators · vegetarians · agriculturalists

relationship to prey animals

deerstalkersconservationists

Advocates for protecting nature

wildlife conservationists · animal rights activists · gamekeepers · park rangers

hat formality and style

deerstalkerstop hats

Tall formal headwear

fascinators · tiaras · bowler hats · trilbies · fedoras

Phrases
Family

deerstalker

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G