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Golden eagle hitting the rabbit skin 2, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Mongolia<br /> <br /> In this shot the eagle has lifted the rabbit off the ground with the force of its hit. One claw is still hanging free.
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Golden eagle hitting the rabbit skin 2, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Mongolia

In this shot the eagle has lifted the rabbit off the ground with the force of its hit. One claw is still hanging free.

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  • Golden eagle with one claw in the lure and one hanging free, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia
  • Kazakh eagle hunter with his eagle in front of the crowd of spectators, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia
  • Golden eagle homing to eagle hunter holding a piece of rabbit meat, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia
  • Goden eagle latches onto the meat in the eagle hunter's raised hand, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia
  • Golden eagle returns to its handler 1, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia
  • Golden eagle latching onto the lure (best larger)<br /> <br /> Competition to lure the eagle from the mountain top back to its handler's arm while he is riding fast on horseback (easier said than done!!), Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia (<br /> <br /> Other photos of various competitors in the eagle luring competition can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/AjY7PT">http://goo.gl/AjY7PT</a><br /> <br /> 21/07/15 <a href="http://www.allenfotwild.com">http://www.allenfotwild.com</a>
  • Whoops #1 (best larger)<br /> <br /> Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia<br /> <br /> Slight mishap with the eagle. Not all the competitors had an easy time luring their eagles. This eagle overshot....check out the look in the horse's eye.<br /> <br /> Another mishap can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/ZKqRr3">http://goo.gl/ZKqRr3</a><br /> <br /> 24/07/15 <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
  • Whoops #2 (best larger)<br /> <br /> Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia<br /> <br /> This embarassed looking competitor appears to have lost hold of his lure, leaving a very confused looking eagle on the ground. The horse looks like it knows something has gone wrong. A few seconds later the hunter got hold of the lure and retreived his eagle.
  • Golden egle returning to the lure, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia
  • Golden eagle with its claws in the lure, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia
  • Kazakh competitor holding his eagle hight, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia
  • Eagle hunter with his golden eagle on the lure, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia
  • Ashol Pan competes #2 (best larger)<br /> <br /> A wonderful triumph for her, as she holds the heavy eagle on her glove!
  • A young girl with her assistant competes in the Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia<br /> <br /> Another, even younger girl, 9 year old Amanbol, was also competing, I think for the first time, with the assistance of an older brother, Bazarbai, to help her with the handling of the heavy eagle. In the years to come, she and Ashol Pan will blaze a trail for full participation of women in Mongolian society.
  • Eagle misses the lure, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia
  • Golden eagle taking a bite from the lure. Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia<br /> <br /> The eagles are trained from a young age to rely on the hunter to provide them with food, which is why they can be called to the hunter. So the competition is based on the hunting traditions of the Kazakh herders who rely on the eagles to hunt rabbits and foxes in the winter for food and furs.
  • Golden eagle feeding on the lure, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Western Mongolia
  • Golden eagle hitting the rabbit skin 1, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Mongolia<br /> <br /> Notice the flying stones and the dust that show how fast and hard the eagle hits the lure.
  • Golden eagle hitting the rabbit skin 2, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Mongolia<br /> <br /> In this shot the eagle has lifted the rabbit off the ground with the force of its hit. One claw is still hanging free.
  • Golden eagle hitting the rabbit skin 3, Eagle Festival, Olgii, Mongolia<br /> <br /> The other claw has come up and it ready to latch on and one of her wings is hitting the ground.
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