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

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!

Never seen footage like that before, pretty impressive animal.

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

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

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

Dang nature, you crazy!

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

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...

WOW.....

All I can say is WOW!

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.

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.

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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"!

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:


This is my Red-Tailed Hawk on our first Jack Rabbit together in Dodge City Kansas.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!