person
Ivan Zakharov
also: Иван Захаров, охотник, the huntsman
A huntsman on the estate who prepares wads for his shotgun while daydreaming about the coming evening's woodcock flight; like the gardener, he greets spring with a joy the story calls "boundlessly, senselessly happy," setting up the contrast with Makar Denisych's tormented relationship to the same season.