[Skillet]

so I can tell from the background, that this is in my area. take a look at this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeEhHrtPItU

[sumpnz]

You live in Eastern Europe?

[janobles14]

lol i found myself cheering him on! i was all "GET IT! YEAH PICK IT UP IN THE AIR!!! RAAWWWWWWWRRRRRR!!!"

lmao im like a monster...i need help ;)

[MCgunner]

Eagle had a bell, falconers. Not sure what eagle would be legal (DAMN, a regular Longfellow) to own in the US.

[camoman33935]

Its a Golden Eagle and the video is from the Czech Republic

[sumpnz]

Eagle had a bell, falconers. Not sure what eagle would be legal (DAMN, a regular Longfellow) to own in the US.


That video was shot in Eastern Europe (Russia??). I remember a bunch of controversy over where it came from, but someone was able to positively ID the species of eagle and deer (from a higher res version of the clip), and they're both from that part of the world. That video is several years old at least.

That said, with the right permits you could keep a Golden Eagle here IIRC. Although Bald Eagles have substantially recovered I doubt they'd be legal to use for falconry.

I volunteered at a raptor rehab center one summer during college. I remember going into the Golden Eagle's enclosure to clean it. They had one of those 5' diameter plastic kiddie pools for her to use for a bath. I was hunched over with a large branch right above me hoseing it off and refilling it when the eagle flew over and landed on that branch about 3" above me. :what:

[Skillet]

well it looks exactly like my area in Idaho, must be pretty dang close resemblance. i will have to overview it again.

[Dr.Mall Ninja]

Wow thats one tough bird, never knew eagles could kill deer.

[paintballdude902]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw

check this out

[Ranger J]

In a book titled A Connecticut Yankee In the Ozarks, an early Missouri settler in the Arcadia Valley tells of often seeing Eagles kill small deer by attacking their heads. Apparently their targets were the eyes.

RJ

[waterhouse]

an early Missouri settler in the Arcadia Valley tells of often seeing Eagles kill small deer by attacking their heads. Apparently their targets were the eyes.

A fossil of one of the early human ancestors (about 2 million years ago) was from a young child known as the Taung child. He was killed by an eagle. The link shows a picture of the damage the claws did to the eye sockets on the fossil.

http://www.southafrica.info/about/science/taung-skull-130106.htm

[HD_Ride]

Very nice Skillet & Paintballdude902.

[tomh1426]

I saw a few of these videos not long ago, I liked this one the best, 5:20 in :what:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz7FFlFy8eM

[Cosmoline]

Although Bald Eagles have substantially recovered I doubt they'd be legal to use for falconry.

A bald eagle would be more likely to root through your trash than catch game.

[Schofield3]

Incredible footage!

[Marty183]

Wow...Didn't seem like much of a challenge for that bird.

[mrjohnston]

That's awesome. I had no idea they were that tough.

[cowpoke]

Looks like a young roe deer

[MCgunner]

Golden eagle have one large white patch on the tail IIRC, so I didn't figure with 3 stripes on the tail, it was a golden. Yeah, bald eagles are fish eaters.

well it looks exactly like my area in Idaho, must be pretty dang close resemblance. i will have to overview it again.

Listen to 'em talkin' to each other. Sure's heck ain't ENGLISH, LOL. Czech republic would be my guess. I don't "jak se mas" or whatever the bumper sticker says, but it ain't English.

[Enachos]

Well,

I found my next SD weapon!!! hahaha

[blackops]

look at this eagle taking out a deer! (In my area)

so I can tell from the background, that this is in my area

You live in Eastern Europe?

hahahaha

[cleardiddion]

The Mongolians are pretty BA

[Sunray]

"...for her...on that branch about 3" above me..." Females of all species think males of all species require close supervision at all times.
"...bald eagles are fish eaters..." And scavengers.
Golden eagles were used for hunting for eons.

[SHvar]

That was a quick capture with the deer.
The golden eagle grows to about 3ft tall, and around a 7ft wingspan, they kill primarily small animals but in the hands of a very good falconer they can be trained to capture deer (mostly disabling, blinding, and severly injuring to allow a hunter to finish it off). In a certain local area of Kasakhstan and Mongolia a few golden eagle keepers train young eagles to hunt wolves. These golden eagles on average only live a few years at most into wolf hunting due to the danger involved. The eagles are taught for years to attack a fake wolf by going instantly for the eyes (the split second they make contact with the wolf) after driving their entire body weight in full dive behind those razor sharp talons and puncturing the chest cavity into the lungs, and never letting go. Keep in mind they only hunt single young wolves not living in packs, and usually not very healthy for safety reasons.
Imagine what such a magnificant bird could do to us weak, slow, helpless humans. Scary thought.
Beautiful raptor.

[panzer426]

I grew up in falconry, my older brother obtained his falconry license at the age of 17, just over 6 months before he turned 18, the minimum age to become a falconer. He volounteered for 2 years at the World Bird Sanctuary at the Tyson Research Facility in Missouri. Walter Crawford ran the sanctuary at the time and was high up on the Missouri Falconry board. With his recommendation, along with the recommendations of two master falconers and the chief Missouri Conservation agent for our region, he was allowed to take the test early under the conditions that he remain under the close supervision of those 4 experts. He came home with a huge grin from ear to ear and my dad had to hurry up and begin construction of a mew (hawk house) which met state and federal regulations...with only 5 weeks left before the Missouri falconry trapping season began. As far as I know, he is still the only person in America to get his falconry license before turning 18, but I dont really know.

There are different levels of falconry license/permit. You start as an apprentice under a master falconer and work your way up. In most of the US an apprentice can keep either an American Kestrel or a Red Tail Hawk. The two most common in most of the US and also generally the easiest to train and work with. You catch an immature bird in the fall and release in the spring.

As you gain experience you are allowed to capture and keep a larger variety of birds of prey. Once you reach the level of master falconer, you can keep any bird of prey found anywhere on the planet, including Bald Eagles.

Many falconers have a favorite hawk that they stick with, most get a red tail every year for several reasons. They are found almost everywhere in the US, it is very easy to find prey to hunt since they take everything from mice to large rabbits, and if you live in a wooded area with few/no rabbits, you can hunt squirrels. In the southwest the Harris Hawk is probably the most popular. Some are hard to hunt with, like Bald Eagles. Goshawks mostly hunt ducks and grouse, making it difficult to hunt with them in many regions, plus they are one of the more difficult to train and work with.

My brother is now 35 and has been a master falconer for quite some time. He has kept dozens of Red Tails, an American Kestrel, a Harris Hawk and just this fall he caught an immature Coopers Hawk which he released a few weeks later due to not having the time required to properly train such a high strung bird. In the time it took to get the bird to fly to his glove 50% of the time he would have already been out hunting with a Red tail.

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

I would think that an eagle that can kill a wolf or even small deer, can kill a person - keep an eye on those kiddos & womenfolk! :eek:

[jeepmor]

Never seen footage like that before, pretty impressive animal.

[DJW UK]

this is fantasic footage where ever it is must be a young Roe deer we have Golden Eagles here in UK but I have never seen or heard anything like this

[Arkansas Paul]

Dr Tad beat me to it. Don't let your kids outside unattended there. Dang it man.

[Skillet]

I was fooled by the background, so I dissected it, and there are some differences but the resemblance is pretty nuts. I admit, I was fooled.

[Hugo]

I can't resist this......

Dang nature, you crazy!

Golden Eagle doesn't give a {censored}.
Just like the Honey Badger. ;)

[FLAvalanche]

That was simply awesome.

As for attacking people, we have a small oak grove next to our county building that borders the sidewalk down the main street. There is a sign as you enter the grove along the sidewalk that says "Danger! Nesting hawks will attack".

I gotta go get a picture of it one of these days...

[Friendly, Don't Fire!]

All I can say is WOW!:eek:

[barnetmill]

One of our local farms was loosing lambs to bald eagles. The finally got some livestock protection dogs and those predations stopped. Certain types of southern bulldogs (white english) have been known to jump in up and snatch large hawks going for their pups and afterwards feeding the dead hawks to the pups. The red hawks in my neighborhood kill rabbits and eat them on the ground since the rabbit is too big for them to fly off with. Imagine what an eagle can do.

[jbkebert]

We lost a German Shorthair pup to a red tailed hawk. Watched that sucker carry the yelping pup off. He only yelped a second or two but man I felt awful. The video however was awsome.

[Mike1234567]

*deleted* responded to a later video...

[Flintknapper]

Dang.......!

From the time the deer takes off to the time the guy releases the Eagle and it catches the deer...was incredibly fast.

Eagle must be "rocket propelled"! He was on that deer before you can say "quit that"! :eek:

[Emberglo]

HEY! A topic I know a little bit about!

I'm a falconer here in Idaho. That video is from the Czech Republic, and it is a Golden Eagle taking a Roe Deer.

Golden Eagles can be trapped from the wild and trained by master falconers who have obtain an extra "eagle permit" in addition to their falconry license. (You can't trap, train, or hunt with Bald Eagles).

I'm now a General class, which means I was an apprentice for 2 years and flew a hawk under the guidance of a sponsor.

If anybody would like to know any more feel free to ask, or PM me.

This Golden Eagle is owned and flown by a US falconer:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/Eragon25/IMG_3200cropped.jpg

This is my Red-Tailed Hawk on our first Jack Rabbit together in Dodge City Kansas.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/Eragon25/Photo11221020.jpg

[USAF_Vet]

As you gain experience you are allowed to capture and keep a larger variety of birds of prey. Once you reach the level of master falconer, you can keep any bird of prey found anywhere on the planet, including Bald Eagles.



I used to know the Falconer who kept birds off the flightline at Travis AFB in CA. He had a Bald Eagle license, and work part time for the Six Flags in Vallejo as their eagle handler. His personal bird was a Perregrin IIRC. The base had several birds of various species. The Bald Eagle was on loan to the park, so I don't know who the actual owner of that bird was, but it was amazing to see up close.

[castingdonkey]

Colorado has tons of predator birds. The goldens mostly seem to eat road kill and like earlier mentioned balds eat fish. Several people at work one day saw a golden take down a spotted mulie fawn. I didn't see it happen but I did see the eagle eating the fawn. I will look for the pics I took. Many folks out here think the birds don't get enough credit for the fawns disappearing.

[papaairbear]

Your You Tube link looks like Swan Valley doesn't it, Skillet.

[mljdeckard]

In the west desert of Utah, the big open space west and south of the urban sector, there are a LOT of golden eagles, I've seen several in one day. I am sure they directly compere with coyotes for food, and are apparently winning enough of the time.

[sixgunner455]

Well, if the eagles aren't winning against the coyotes, I guess they could just catch a coyote! :D

[blackops]

Emberglo, that hawk is awesome! I've always been interested in the whole process of owning a hawk. Completely different than any other kind of animal really. Kudos!