Iyrcae

The Iyrcae () were an ancient nation on the north-east trade route described by Herodotus beyond the Thyssagetae.
They were distinguished by their mode of hunting, climbing a tree to survey their game, and then pursuing it with trained horses and dogs. Possibly as a result of false correction, they are mentioned during the first century CE, refers to the Τυρκαι ("Turcae") in the forests north of the Sea of Azov, and Pliny the Elder lists the "Tyrcae" among the people of the same area. The ethnonym Iyrcae was also hypothesized to be connected to the Oghuz Turkic tribe of the Anatolian Yörüks.