Eagle hunters use golden eagles to hunt foxes during the winter months when the gold-colored foxes stand out against the snow. Eagle hunter Ashol Pan of Mongolia lets go of her golden eagle. Photo by ...

Western Mongolia’s Bayan-Ölgii Province features substantial Kazakh nomadic minority population that continues traditional eagle hunting tradition spanning approximately 6,000+ years. Various Kazakh ...

Using raptors to hunt foxes, wolves, and other small mammals has long been a traditional form of hunting among Kazakhs, and it is still practiced today as eagle hunters, known as "Berkutchi," showcase ...

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Looking over his daughter’s first captured fox in the film The Eagle Huntress, Rys Nurgaiv says: “To be sure, this is no ordinary bird. This was a tough endeavor.” Nurgaiv Aisholpan, a Kazakh teenager ...

For Ethnic living in Mongolia, "Eagle Hunter" technology for manipulating eagle and hunting animals has been handed down generously. By attaching the action camera GoPro to such eagle hunter eagle, we ...

Deep in the unforgiving wilds of far western Mongolia, the last remaining Kazakh eagle hunters harness a powerful force of nature. The burkitshi, as they are known in Kazakh, are proud men whose faces ...