Kazakhs are the largest ethnic minority in Mongolia, almost 4% of the country's population. Mongolian Kazakhs retain their language and culture, including the ancient hunting eagle with golden eagles. The tradition of hunting with a golden eagle has a very ancient history; hunters, who are called golden eagles by the Kazakhs, begin to teach their children to work with golden eagles when they are 13 years old. Bekut hunting is taught not only boys, but also girls with lovely souls.........
How long the golden eagles live is still a controversial issue. There is an assumption that up to 80 years, there are more modest calculations - 15–20 years.
As a rule, young, but already flying eagles are trained to hunt. They consider it from any Kazakh, if he takes an eagle on his arm, as if wings appear. Caught a golden eagle several days starve and insomnia.
The hunter is always close to the bird, talking to her, playing the dombra. Then they train for hand-feeding. At first, the wild eagle does not take food from a person and often rushes at it, but after a while it gets used and becomes more obedient. Golden eagles are also accustomed to the saddle, taken out with the owner to the steppe, give to get used to the constant swaying and the clatter of hoofs. A special moment - training for a return to the hand of the hunter. After long lessons, the golden eagle is sometimes ready to hunt and at the same time gets so used to his master that he no longer seeks to fly away from him. They hunt in the winter from a horse, usually in the morning or in the evening.
Golden eagles do not hold on weight like light falcons, and berkutchi are seated in front of the horse. A leather cap with bells, put on the eyes, gives the golden eagle a sense of night and does not distract on the road, leather straps and a leash do not allow to fly up ahead of time. The eagle, taking off with extraordinary rapidity, attacks the animal being pursued, seizes it with claws, beats its wings, beats its head with its beak, or bites its throat.
The launching depth of claws in prey is about 15 centimeters! Powerful paws of the golden eagle with the sharpest claws are his main weapon; he catches his prey with them and tears it. When the berkuchi approaches the eagle, he persuades the bird to let go of the beast, gently talking to him and rewarding him with a piece of meat. After the eagle, they put a cap on and put it on the saddle.
A leather cap with bells, put on the eyes, gives the golden eagle a sense of night and does not distract on the road, leather straps and a leash do not allow to fly up ahead of time. The eagle, taking off with extraordinary rapidity, attacks the animal being pursued, seizes it with claws, beats its wings, beats its head with its beak, or bites its throat.
The launching depth of claws in prey is about 15 centimeters! Powerful paws of the golden eagle with the sharpest claws are his main weapon; he catches his prey with them and tears it. When the berkuchi approaches the eagle, he persuades the bird to let go of the beast, gently talking to him and rewarding him with a piece of meat. After the eagle, they put a cap on and put it on the saddle. A leather cap with bells, put on the eyes, gives the golden eagle a sense of night and does not distract on the road, leather straps and a leash do not allow to fly up ahead of time.
The eagle, taking off with extraordinary rapidity, attacks the animal being pursued, seizes it with claws, beats its wings, beats its head with its beak, or bites its throat. The launching depth of claws in prey is about 15 centimeters! Powerful paws of the golden eagle with the sharpest claws are his main weapon; he catches his prey with them and tears it.
When the berkuchi approaches the eagle, he persuades the bird to let go of the beast, gently talking to him and rewarding him with a piece of meat. After the eagle, they put a cap on and put it on the saddle. clings to it with claws, beats its wings, bats its head with its beak, or bites its throat. The launching depth of claws in prey is about 15 centimeters! Powerful paws of the golden eagle with the sharpest claws are his main weapon; he catches his prey with them and tears it. When the berkuchi approaches the eagle, he persuades the bird to let go of the beast, gently talking to him and awarding a piece of meat. After the eagle, they put a cap on and put it on the saddle. clings to it with claws, beats its wings, bats its head with its beak, or bites its throat.
The launching depth of claws in prey is about 15 centimeters! Powerful paws of the golden eagle with the sharpest claws are his main weapon; he catches his prey with them and tears it. When the berkuchi approaches the eagle, he persuades the bird to let go of the beast, gently talking to him and awarding a piece of meat. After the eagle, they put a cap on and put it on the saddle.
Each berkutchi, starting such a hunter, develops and accompanying crafts, for example, work on leather and wood. To independently make caps on the bird's head, dishes and more.
Yea...... they are "The Mongolian Kazakhs With Their Golden Eagles."
