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Nice pictures, but everthing else was a bit disapointing, so I am going to nitpick. For example I did not learn, what they actually hunt. I initialy assumed by
by lukan 2y ago
Nice pictures, but everthing else was a bit disapointing, so I am going to nitpick.
For example I did not learn, what they actually hunt. I initialy assumed by the title they hunt eagles, but they hunt with eagles, but no word of their prey or anything of how they hunt or where the eagle helps with the hunt.
I assume by letting the eagle fly to go look for bigger prey and then circeling around that area so the hunter goes there with his rifle.
But nothing about that.
And one of the titles broke the long word of outdoorsmen into
"outdoorsm
en"
Not sure if anyone think that is cool(I assume a bug, on desktop it is not broken), but I literally cannot read like this.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoIt's falconry with eagles instead. The bird actually catches the prey, no guns involved. The dogs flush out the prey and drive it into a position where the bird can get it. The human trains the animals and manages the hunt. Here's a video about a Texas falconer demonstrating the general process. https://youtu.be/tWp7XcPc1gg https://youtu.be/tWp7XcPc1gg
- lukan 2y agoWell, in one of the pictures of the hunter with his eagle in the car, a gun was shown to be there as well. But he might hunt other animals with it.
- novosel 2y agoThe third sentence of the article states: " They had spent the past two decades hunting jackals and foxes together, often traveling in Talgar’s run-down Volkswagen Golf, a modern replacement for a horse." And then a picture caption adds: "The Taigan is a breed of sight hound native to Kyrgyzstan. They are used to flush prey, such as foxes, on a hunt."
- lukan 2y agoThe first part I missed, but the second part I saw but was about the dog ..
- ethan_smith 2y agoGolden eagles in Central Asian hunting traditions are primarily trained to catch small-to-medium mammals like foxes, rabbits, and occasionally young wolves - the hunter follows on horseback, the eagle spots prey from above, then swoops down to catch or immobilize it until the hunter arrives.