Falcon Images: Golden Eagle Wolf Hunting Mongolia

Golden Eagle Wolf Hunting Mongolia

Golden eagle kills grey wolves. Video di ferrante pratesi.

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Bayan Ulgii Western Mongoliagolden Eagle Festival October

Una delle caccie tipiche del popolo mongolo formato da uomini dallestremo angolo del mondo e dalle loro aquile la caccia al lupo.

Golden eagle wolf hunting mongolia. Theyve used captured eagles for hunting fur animals since the bronze age around 2500 bc. Wolf asia mongolia the first time i met a wolf. Eagle hunting one of the most dramatic and primal relationships between man and beast is alive and well in the remote mountains of western mongolia.

There are an estimated 250 eagle hunters in bayan olgii which is located in the altai mountains of western mongolian. The kazakhs of mongolia train their eagles to hunt wolves and here the bird of prey is often considered a family member. One of the great eagle hunters 70 year old olmarke poses for a photograph near the altai tayan bogd national park in western mongolia.

Their falconry custom involves hunting with golden eagles on horseback and they primarily hunt red foxes and corsac foxes. Falconry using captured eagles to hunt for fur animals. The berkutchi is a falconer who hunts with the golden eagle.

Falconry developed in central asia and for centuries kazakh men have hunted from horseback with trained golden eagles the largest and most powerful of raptors. A golden eagle history. The training of this bird was seen as difficult and even perilous even by the experienced synchy.

During october 2008 i visited ulgii mongolia to film the golden eagle fetival. The last eagle hunters 101 east duration. Falconry has taken place on the steppes of central asia for thousands of years.

I spent few days with one falconer and absorbed their trainning methods you can watch the movie and see some. Eagle hunting in west mongolia and the truth about the eagle festival. The ethnic kazakhs in bayan olgii western mongolia partake in the ancient sport eagle hunting ie.

Mongolias fascinating eagle hunting tradition and the golden eagle festival m ongolians have a fascinating and long tradition of falconry. He has been hunting with the golden eagles since he was. The bird is never a slave of its owner only a partner in hunting.

Mongolian Rider Hunting A Wolf With His Golden Eagle