Mongolian Eagle hunters, Deep in the craggy hills of Mongolia’s Altai region live a group of hunters with an extremely rare skill: hunting using golde

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Mongolian Eagle hunters, Deep in the craggy hills of Mongolia’s Altai region live a group of hunters with an extremely rare skill: hunting using golden eagles. For centuries, nomadic tribes of the Altai region have trained their young men in the ancient art of golden-eagle hunting. They don’t hunt eagles, but rather use the revered golden eagle as their tool — and form a close bond with the bird of prey along the way.

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Size: 3600px × 2400px
Photo credit: © andrew chittock / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: asia, bird, desert, eagle, ethnicity, golden, horse, hunter, hunters, mongolia, mongolian, mongolia’, photography, prey, rider, riding, tradition, trvel, wild, wildlife