Catching Blue Hares with Golden Eagles

Roy Lupton takes his eagles to the Angus Glens in Scotland to catch mountain hares. It is exciting sport in a stunning location. Watch amazing flights as eagles try, fail and succeed.
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Why shoot Mountain hare?
There are thought to be more than 432,500 Mountain Hares in the UK. Mountain hares can reach particularly high densities on managed grouse moors, causing damage to agricultural crops and young forestry.
Mountain hares thrive on grousemoors, says new research. Mountain hares are regularly shot on Scottish moorland managed for grouse-shooting. However, concerns that large-scale culls of mountain hares on grouse moors are contributing to population declines are unfounded. Researchers from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust found that hare numbers are ‘higher and relatively stable on moors where driven grouse shooting’ is practised compared to unkeepered moorland.
The active management of heather moorland including predator control and rotational burning, provides excellent habitat for both red grouse and mountain hares, both species feeding on young heather shoots.

Hares can sustain high levels of ticks and the tick-borne louping-ill virus, bringing them into conflict with red grouse. Therefore, hare numbers may need to be sensitively managed to suppress parasitic ticks and diseases such as Lyme disease.
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Why hunt Mountain hare?
There are thought to be more than 432,500 Mountain Hares in the UK. Mountain hares thrive on heather moorland and can reach particularly high densities on managed grouse moors. At high densities the species can cause damage to agricultural crops and young forestry.
The active management of heather moorland including predator control and rotational burning, provides excellent habitat for both red grouse and mountain hares, both species feeding on young heather shoots.
Hares can sustain high levels of ticks and the tick-borne louping-ill virus, bringing them into conflict with red grouse. Therefore, hare numbers may need to be sensitively managed to suppress parasitic ticks and diseases such as Lyme disease.

[@DisHammerhand]

What a spectacular way of getting supper! That fake-out trick the one eagle uses just shows how smart these birds are. What beautiful birds.

[@dalemews1]

Enjoyed the episode. The conditions can be even more challenging than the quarry, but with favourable, weather there's no better sport than hawking blue hare in the highlands of Scotland.

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks - enjoyed your latest on the rabbits too. Jealous of your weather! / Charlie

[@ocoteco403]

dalemews1 what is the background music at the start of the video?

[@DennisPing]

The maneuver described at 5:45 is amazing. So much strategy from nature.

[@Frozenwinter84]

Thats just amazing, falconry has always fascinated me!

[@MrFdlemos]

It's amazing how fast Golden Eagles can be! Awesome images, indeed. All the best wishes.

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks

[@RDPproject]

Excellent episode. Keep up the good work Roy. Thx to the FS/C team for the upload. Rob.

[@firstmotorhome8024]

What a majestic creature . Absolutely amazing .

[@shinsouhitoshi9811]

3:25"what the dog doin?"

[@vjnblnum2303]

Cappy is like an old war vet lol smart skills Cap! Very impressive technique!

[@ayoubnabil3284]

Need to train the eagle to try again once he misses the first time like the peregrin falcon. Amazing hobby. Good luck.

[@georgeblanco436]

That furrxRT looks awesome. Looks like what you would expect if you crossed a gos with a eagle.

[@guybaxendale]

Superb film - keep up the great work

[@georgehawking9126]

amazing footage in excellent scenery doin my number 1 sport

[@castrolgtx5064]

Great to see Roy again

[@gavinc2758]

1:45 props to the camera man

[@jamesmcmillan5821]

One my favourite sports .... Love it...!!!

[@medicatedflowers821]

I wish there was more of this 8 mins was too short

[@recklesseric59]

Wow thats exciting!

[@26155101]

Awesome episode

[@wakkitep]

7:31 a human dodging an eagle attack

[@fandomewhisper]

that was epic

[@JIMMYMUSH]

That coshawk looks evil

[@blshootingshow4561]

Roys laugh sounds like an eagle

[@gregsimon3014]

Impressive.

[@edwarddeitch8886]

I love how these guys can reach in and mess with a bird which is on prey . Try that with my Redtails and you better have a glove on.

[@tanner2stryker2]

Love to watch this magnificent sport but can't for the life of me understand why this is legal & hunting hare with sight hounds is not ? Maybe a class thing!!

[@stevehove2648]

Maybe because it's one on one with an eagle/hare and with dogs, its often two chasing one hare? Maybe its public perception thing too? People like to see BOP.

[@clownguard7958]

At which age have you become a falconer

[@JIMMYMUSH]

OLD BOY HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@onyx9114]

what are the things over their eyes and heads? Sorry, I'm new to the channel.

[@fieldsportstv]

+Kira Randle Hoods - keeps them.calm. / Charlie

[@naimatkhan2700]

How maney price of this eagle?

[@vjnblnum2303]

Cappy would be an old school world war dog-fighter!

[@ocoteco403]

What is the music at the start of the video?

[@aaronholmes-black6621]

R T Kevin Macleod All of This

[@tackyblack]

Where do the Hare's come from? Like are they just standing in the open when the birds are released? Are they ferreted out by the dogs? I have zero experience/knowledge of ...is it called falconry?

[@Eggyfart83]

tackyblack the hares are plentiful in hills all over scotland

[@TheGrmany69]

Hares don't borrow as rabbits their better weapon is camouflage.

[@x35mmman]

I was wondering why I didn't see run into a hole. Dumb on the rabbits part @@TheGrmany69

[@apxcaim3n770]

I prefer black eagle rather then gold eagle

[@saorsa74]

Ironic this estate is letting you use domesticated birds of prey to hunt. Pity lots of estates grudge wild birds of prey doing the same and wipe them out instead.

[@UmaizMemon]

whats that funny music in the background about...is it a civil war or something??

[@MidwestBrotha]

The Mongolians eagles would have caught them with better accuracy.

[@575hobbit]

Birds of pray should be released back into the wild not kept as pets and a very poor excuse to say they are used to control vermin

[@tanako98]

Thats not a pet bird, if anything this bird becomes smarter by eating other prey aside from hares. Do your research!!!not any Joe can do this. This takes many many weeks of teaching and training.

[@chasefreedom5178]

another snowflake...melting in his own emotionalism.

[@kevinparker461]

Back into the wild? WTF are you talking about they were all bred in captivity! that is why they don't need an excuse. Why let people think you are an idiot, open your mouth or make a stupid comment & prove them right!