They hunt wolves with them in Mongolia. It makes for some epic photopraphy.

Now I want one ...

Ahh yes falconry. It's a great way to spot and catch game...Those birds are absolutely amazing. Too bad there are either outright bans, or seriously debilitating restrictions on the practice in this country because of all the leftist animal-lovers.

This is excluding the fact that falconry had been used by humans for nearly 1500 years with astonishingly good results.

FTFA: I was lucky to witness such an event of mother nature and I was lucky enough to have a camera with me and capture it


It was NOT an even of mother nature, it was hunters sending their hunting animals after prey that they wouldn't ordinarily have come across; don't use that excuse, it sickens me.

That video was short, but epic.

Nature kicks ass!

I can understand how one would be so challenging to hunt. But, why do the deer have golden eagles? Do they perch on their antlers? What do the eagles get out of this arrangement? It can't possibly be food sharing! Deer eat shoots and berries, and eagles eat...I'm not sure, but probably meat or fish.

Welcome (new window) to the past (new window).

/think the second one is technically bald eagle though

/bonus version of second video (new window)

I realize eagles are enormous birds, still, I am surprised that a deer rolling over onto an eagle doesn't leave it with broken wings.

Without training, how rare is it for an eagle to hunt a deer in this manner?

The comments on that page, and one above me(cold_sassy) make me shake my head some times. They are animals get over it.

No I don't hunt, or even own a gun, but for Jesus Zombie Christs sake if you eat meat and biatch about articles like this your a hypocrite.

/loves me some steak.

Better luck next time you mighty bird

/hot like a GTSIO-550 RAM VII

Milan, who said he was 'really happy' the fawn got away...

Milan, what do you have against eagles? You want the baby eagles to starve?

Tricky Chicken: I can understand how one would be so challenging to hunt. But, why do the deer have golden eagles? Do they perch on their antlers? What do the eagles get out of this arrangement? It can't possibly be food sharing! Deer eat shoots and berries, and eagles eat...I'm not sure, but probably meat or fish.

They eat chicken. Especially tricky ones.

RoyBatty: I realize eagles are enormous birds, still, I am surprised that a deer rolling over onto an eagle doesn't leave it with broken wings.

Without training, how rare is it for an eagle to hunt a deer in this manner?

Not unusual at all. Golden Eagles in the western US regularly hunt adult antelope.

Badlands NP is a great place to see Golden Eagles.

/But Badlands is a horrible park.
//You dont want to go there - no siree.

Tricky Chicken: I can understand how one would be so challenging to hunt. But, why do the deer have golden eagles? Do they perch on their antlers? What do the eagles get out of this arrangement? It can't possibly be food sharing! Deer eat shoots and berries, and eagles eat...I'm not sure, but probably meat or fish.

When a deer and an eagle really love each other, they give each other a "special hug"....

Overfiend: RoyBatty: I realize eagles are enormous birds, still, I am surprised that a deer rolling over onto an eagle doesn't leave it with broken wings.

Without training, how rare is it for an eagle to hunt a deer in this manner?

Not unusual at all. Golden Eagles in the western US regularly hunt adult antelope.

Badlands NP is a great place to see Golden Eagles.

/But Badlands is a horrible park.
//You dont want to go there - no siree.

Interesting, thank you. And yes, I'll definitely stay away from Badlands NP, and tell all my twitter followers to do the same. #LeaveBadlandsAlone

Cold_Sassy: FTFA: I was lucky to witness such an event of mother nature and I was lucky enough to have a camera with me and capture it


It was NOT an even of mother nature, it was hunters sending their hunting animals after prey that they wouldn't ordinarily have come across; don't use that excuse, it sickens me.

So you don't want to be part of the natural world?

Am i the only one who pictured this when i read the headline?



/too much "modern warfare"?

SwingDancer: The comments on that page, and one above me(cold_sassy) make me shake my head some times. They are animals get over it.

No I don't hunt, or even own a gun, but for Jesus Zombie Christs sake if you eat meat and biatch about articles like this your a hypocrite.

/loves me some steak.

There are two possibilities: Either they eat meat, and are thus hypocritical, or they are vegan/vegetarian, in which case they are going against evolution (Homo sapiens evolved as obligate omnivores).

dittybopper: (Homo sapiens evolved as obligate omnivores)

Homo sapiens
evolved to be omnivores.
Nom nom nom nom nom.

Eps05: Am i the only one who pictured this when i read the headline?

I did too.

Funny thing is, .50AE would actually be a pretty good deer round.

Magnanimous_J: Eps05: Am i the only one who pictured this when i read the headline?

I did too.

Funny thing is, .50AE would actually be a pretty good deer round.

Doesn't even have to be that big. Even a .44 Magnum would suffice. I used to hunt with a woman who used a Ruger carbine in .44 Magnum.

/She wore a bandolier of .44 rounds when hunting.
//Looked like a female Adirondacker version of Pancho Villa.

Harpy Eagles.

Big, BAD mofos.

Cold_Sassy: FTFA: I was lucky to witness such an event of mother nature and I was lucky enough to have a camera with me and capture it


It was NOT an even of mother nature, it was hunters sending their hunting animals after prey that they wouldn't ordinarily have come across; don't use that excuse, it sickens me.

actually yeah they do, golden eagles eat mountain goats and deer and have a HUGE range so yes these prey species are what these birds will feed off of. furthermore humans are omniverous and have consumed the flesh of animals and plants since our emergence into the world. Hunting is a part of human history and culture and part of conservation efforts in the US as overpopulation due to predator destruction (caused by humans and disease) leads to ecological collapse so we take the place of these predators.