ninewhitebanners: Hunting with trained golden eagles is a traditional winter pastime amoung Mongoli

ninewhitebanners:

Hunting with trained golden eagles is a traditional winter pastime amoung Mongolia’s Kazakh minority in the Altai mountains. The eagles hunt foxes, and sometimes wolves, whose fur is made into warm coats and hats.

Photographs from Palani Mohan’s book, Hunting with Eagles: In the Realm of the Mongolian Kazakhs.