# The Hawkeye Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896 "2014-12-10T23:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/21 "2014-12-11T02:32:28Z")
Iowa? That’s Radar, not Hawkeye. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/22 "2014-12-11T02:50:43Z")
Nathaniel Bumppo—from a whole [series of novels](http://www.loc.gov/nls/bibliographies/minibibs/cooper.html) by Cooper, of which _The Last of the Mohicans_ is one. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/23 "2014-12-11T03:10:15Z")
Iowa first, then MASH ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/24 "2014-12-11T03:16:42Z")
The MASH character then the last of the mohicans character (because the MASH chracter is named after him) ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/25 "2014-12-11T16:29:23Z")
Airplane? I googled it and there is an obscure military plane called the Hawkeye. But are many of you that are saying that one of the first things that comes to mind in reference to “Hawkeye” is an airplane, happen to have served on that obscure type of plane or are you confusing it with **Hawker / Beechcraft**? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/26 "2014-12-11T16:57:14Z")
In order, Iowa, MASH, Last of the Mohicans. But I’m from Wisconsin, so I heard a lot of Big 10 sports. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/27 "2014-12-11T17:03:25Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Airplane? > > I googled it and there is an obscure military plane called the Hawkeye. But are many of you that are saying that one of the first things that comes to mind in reference to “Hawkeye” is an airplane, happen to have served on that obscure type of plane or are you confusing it with **Hawker / Beechcraft**? [E-2 Hawkeye](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye). Not really obscure, just the Navy version of the airborne early warning craft. The Air Force version, which more people are familiar with, is the [E-3 Sentry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry), also known as AWAC. I worked with Navy pilots who flew the E-2, so that’s why it comes to me quickly. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/28 "2014-12-11T17:22:27Z")
There was a time when I’d have answered with the AVenger, the M_A_SH doctor, or the James Fenimore Cooper hero. But today? “Hawkeye” is an actual bird. My son loves to spot animals, especially birds, while we’re out driving. And there are frequently red-tailed hawks sitting on top of lamp posts all over the Austin area. There’s one particular hawk who’s almost always on a particular lamp on MoPac near 35th street. My son named that bird “Hawkeye.” So, that bird is the first guy I think of. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/29 "2014-12-11T18:00:17Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The MASH character first, someone with keen eyesight second, and the Mohicans character third. Someone with keen eyesight, then MASH or Iowa, then the comic book character. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/30 "2014-12-11T18:04:38Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Someone with keen eyesight, then MASH or Iowa, then the comic book character. Someone with keen eyesight, a hawks actual eye, and then the MAsh character. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/31 "2014-12-11T18:30:09Z")
In spite of how much of a fan of The Avengers as I am, when I saw the thread title, my first thought was of Benjamin Franklin Pierce. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/32 "2014-12-11T18:48:57Z")
E-2 Hawkeye AWACS. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/33 "2014-12-11T18:52:19Z")
A person with keen eyesight, then MASH. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/34 "2014-12-11T19:35:25Z")
Cooper, Avengers, (which are both “good aim”), then MASH. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/35 "2014-12-11T19:58:11Z")
The only three things I can think of off the top of my head are the M_A_S\*H character, the Last of the Mohicans character, and the tennis “electronic line judge” device. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/36 "2014-12-11T20:59:44Z")
[ol][li]MASH [_]Natty Bumppo [_]Iowa Avengers[/ol][/li]Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/37 "2014-12-11T21:10:13Z")
Iowa first, then M_A_S\*H. But I’ve lived in Iowa for 20 years now. Before I moved here they were reversed. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/38 "2014-12-11T21:33:53Z")
Just the term without any context around it. M_A_S_H_, then someone with high visual accuity. I might eventually recall the Avengers character. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/39 "2014-12-11T21:56:49Z")
I voted for Iowa but I’m a Big Ten sports fan so naturally that is the first thing I would think of. The MASH character would be second. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/40 "2014-12-11T21:56:54Z")
Around here it’s always meant “one with superior vision, seemingly comparable to that possessed by the bird of prey herein referenced”. It’s just easier to say “hawkeye”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896.md?page=3)