Nomads Life: Eagle Hunters of Mongolia

Bayan Ulgii, Mongolia Eagle Hunting
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On 9th August 2008, the Nomads Life team headed to Sagsai, a 40km drive into the mountains from Bayan Ulgii Mongolia. To spend a few days with the Kazakh Eagle Hunters where they witnessed the training of young birds by Kazakh Nomads.
Eagles that catch prey for their owners in Asia
Bayan-Ölgii is the westernmost of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. The country's only Muslim and Kazakh-majority aimag, it was established in 1940. Its capital is Ölgii. : Source = Wikipedia

[@rinokaz]

Thank you very much for this video!!!! I'm Kazakh and it so pity that in kazakhstan we are loosing our traditions, our life style. Living in big cityes we are loosing our connection with nature, we are loosing part of us! I was almoust crying seeing your video......

[@dilyaize]

COOL! I LOVE KAZAKHSTAN!

[@godie2005]

I've seen all your Nomads Life videos, and I loved them all.

[@aiganymutebay6288]

Yes you are right!!!! I was crying when I watched this video. We are kazakh we have to keep our traditions!!!!!

[@jacquelinesmith3586]

saw this docos on TV in Australia yesterday, where is video of old eagle masters following a wolf, for two weeks, amazing footage..I'm amazed by u all, thanks for showing me ur way of life.

[@Nauthiz666]

This video was awesome, i wish i had a cultural experience like this. What he said about the bond with the eagle was awesome.

[@monkeynyo4404]

I ADORE how much they love the Eagles. A parting gift? Ugh...I want to cry.

[@BellflowerProduction]

Incredible! I'm volunteering at a raptor rescue center right now. We do have some ex-falconry birds, but no eagles. They are my favorite bird of prey... harpy eagles in particular.

[@Warhammer40kFanboy]

love that they reless the eagles back in to the wild

[@TheRockyCrowe]

that is AMAZING. 10 years and the bird still returned. I love to see people connect with animals in such a way, its an equal understanding between man and animal..a wonderful bond that doesn't require a cage..just WUV X3

[@lemayrenee]

Eagles are Kings of the Sky, between Eagle and man it is a Sacred Friendship - :-)

[@sansalka]

Beautiful video...I love ther traditional way of live Thank you for this!!

[@digimon916]

the bond between man and nature. such a beautiful skill. ....

[@kazakhturk6589]

I`m Kazakh,Kazakhs are traditional game Eagle hunter`s in Kazakhstan

[@33Crazydude]

I found this video amazing, thank you

[@Wolfenheim]

Beautiful video, and very informative!

[@toothpik00]

There's Falconers an then there's these guys. Simply stunning.

[@kazakhturk6589]

Golden Eagle is even on Kazakhstan flag. Kazakhs are symbolic that eagle

[@VenomProject]

Great video! Very fascinating!

[@blastun]

great video thanks a lot for shearing whit us .

[@K9TMD]

Excellent video thank you

[@rustyduktape]

I had goosebumps throughout this whole video. Thank you for this. Absolutely amazing video.

[@cerulee]

Suddenly my own world seems so small...what an amazing place! It is always so touching when I see people love and respect animals in a way that is so strange to people in my own Western society.

[@_Chamberlain]

This is beautiful. this is what life is all about.

[@Shock233]

@cerulee you need to check around. Falconery is alive and well in the US and some parts of Cananda. the UK has it as well along with several other European countries.

[@CitizenBidet]

The footage was taken close to Sagsai in the Bayan Ulgi region of west Mongolia. This area is majority populated by Kazakhs. They speak Kazakh, call themselves Kazakh, and have very strong Kazakh traditions and culture. Technically they do live in Mongolia of course, but they are Kazakhs.

[@sansalka]

Wuo! it is a BEUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL WAY OF LIFE....

[@badbond0007]

Kazakstan obrovská zem,pozdrav z Bratislavy.

[@kazakhturk6589]

My grandfather was live to nomad life 20st century.But we are move to city than this is life interesting. And eagle hunting is traditional of kazakhs

[@FRIZKOLIAN]

NICE VIDEO!!

[@tayang09]

Thanks for sharing this video. I really appreciate it. ^_^

[@Japanorama]

where can i see more of these videos? These travelers are interesting!

[@FlintMadziya]

Awesome to understand that nature is nature we are all one no matter what.

[@wompasdub]

Great video

[@sroclient009]

living like in past , without technology is much better . at least it gives us a healty life..

[@daniel3231995]

What beautiful music at the beginning! Anyone know what's the name of that song? The girl has a lovely authentic folk voice.

[@alishertleubekov4464]

Ахау гулдерайым

[@daniel3231995]

Alisher Tleubekov what?

[@alishertleubekov4464]

***** Song title

[@daniel3231995]

Alisher Tleubekov can u link me to the song? the ones i search up dont seem to be the same. :P

[@Wargoat6]

MANTEARS. Awesome stuff.

[@nullzor]

So bad ass I would love to go live like that for a couple of years. Get in touch with how life should be lived!

[@TheLoyalhuman]

wow..huge bird, never seen one in real life.

[@Soundillusions94xyz]

T.T too beautiful.. just too beautiful....

[@jebsievers]

Her voice is good!

[@MGLomerta]

malaa Turan gj tov aziin humuus yamr ch hamaagui! Pers tsaraitai humuus ordiin! Yuma medej bj bichij bai!!!

[@johnyork5138]

BEAUTIFUL.

[@TemuulTK]

Many people are confused here in the comments section. End of the day Kazakh people are Mongol people and historically Chingis Khan was a forward thinker allowed different religions to be in one country which may now cause a divide. At some point, Turks were a part of the Mongol empire too but now that they have gone and built their own country adopted the Muslim religion and developed somewhat Arabic culture does not make the history untrue. Most Turks do not look Turkic anymore, they look more caucasian these days but we Mongols from central Asia have preserved our looks and culture including Kazakh people. Does not matter Buriat, Khalkh, Uigar or Tuvan we are all Mongols under one Blue Tenger and the Sun.

[@dilyaize]

I am proud of people

[@akvavitten]

Man, I wanna go to Mongolia ....

[@SnakeSpaghetti]

It's weird to use high technology (the internet) in order to witness some of the older and more isolated traditions of the World. In some ways, technology can preserve the lack thereof, which is an odd concept.

[@amirzhanerzhanov2018]

This people are kazakhs, it aren't mongolians, bau this is Mongolia, so Mongolia's kazakhs.

[@mrandmrsjwhitney]

very interesting vid.

[@Wargoat6]

"The Kazakh made an ally of the eagle, and conquered the sky."

[@aBeautifulMasscare]

Nice one! "American" is just a citizenship. And yes, I'm very fat, I had to get a special keyboard because my fingers are too swollen from all the calories I ingest on a daily basis.

[@Will403536]

that was awesome

[@aBeautifulMasscare]

Guess the saying "the dumber you are, the happier you are" fits in perfectly here.

[@allungallungtoner3662]

Nice song

[@maachilosa]

fascinating way of life

[@MalteSer001]

@Kenzofeis they do let them fly , but since they have a great bond , they come back to their "lover" ( to put it in your context ;) )

[@Demcoy1]

I wish I had two lives ,for sure I would live like my kazak people as Eagle hunter and sleep in Yurts.

[@Symbatik]

Bul Mongoliadagi qandastar ma? qanday jaqsi, qazaq üyding ishinde :))

[@XcewoX]

Ahau Gulderaiym kun men aiym...... Kazakh people .

[@MrArtpaint]

with lovers from TÜRKEY ..all kazak peples........

[@NewSmithsonian]

@jiglo1 You're probably right. It just feels like birds yearn to fly and be free. Of course that probably isnt the case when they're starving.

[@TheCHOPPER1983]

Alga bas Qazaqtar!!!

[@debdaru7]

good song

[@GoMiGman]

It's interesting that this fellow keeps the bird for 10 years and then releases it into the wild! That is a long time to keep a raptor of that race and species and then to release it into the wild since it's gone way beyond the point of imprinting. This is why modern falconry will usually keep the bird for only one year and then release it. A bond created after 10 years can only be detrimental to a bird that has relied on shelter and care by a human then thrust in the wild. And I believe he is quite wrong about several things - these top of the food chain raptors are ready to hunt immediately in their first year not their 4th as he suggested. Then he sais when the bird reaches 10 years old she becomes broody? And wants to have chicks of her own? These birds reach sexual maturity at around 3 or 4 years old once they molt into their adult feathers and are no longer immature (if I'm not mistaken), not ten years. That's an awfully long time. So as much as I respect such old and native traditions, unfortunately their based on mostly ignorance and to no fault of their own. Still, magnificent birds and culture.

[@muhammedgolamsarwarripon7962]

I think your points are correct.

You are right , but you have to give the man the credit for releasing the bird eventually. You might very well acknowledge the hardship of catching a new one . Stealing a newborn from the nest is hell of a job . Not to mention the heights you need to go for but also the danger you are putting yourself into as the mother might arrive any minute . so releasing a well trained animal after 4 years would not make any sense as the bird would be at the best of its time to hunt for him. I presume the bird gets a little bit slow after 10 years and nomad feels the need to acquire a newborn. Much as the nomads know when the bird is mature and ready to mate they have to keep to bird for long as its useful.

[@leonardpermana2222]

sorry but u read a book rite? but he is doing it for the rest of his life... and also it is a culture... sometimes.. a theory doesnt fit the real.. beacuse an expert also learn from them too...

[@GoMiGman]

Do I read a book rite?! Sorry but what does that mean? I have studied some ornithology and worked for many years with raptors and understand quite a bit of their behaviors and am speaking from this experience that we have learned through science and accredited, published information and species specific research. You should read my comment again except very carefully and then come back and tell me what exactly I said that you disagree with, and I will be happy to exchange information with you. For example, the information in the narration said that the "bird reaches sexual maturity at 10 years of age." This is ABSOLUTELY incorrect. Most diurnal species of raptors become sexual mature after their first molt, which means when they change their feathers for the first time. That is almost always in the first year. For example, the majority of Buteos (soaring hawks) develop their mature plumage after the first year and immediately thereafter within that year they are ready to mate. In Eagles it is a bit later such as the Bald Eagle for example. That bird reaches adulthood when it develops the white head and tail which is around 4-5 years old. By their 4th year they've found a mate and are sexually mature and nesting. Golden Eagles (which are these birds here in this video) have the same exact molting cycle that coincides with their sexual maturity which is also 5 years. Here, see this easy link for yourself: www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7096.html So when this fellow says this bird becomes broody and is ready to have chicks after 10 years, guess what? He is 100% wrong. The other major, major, major error he said is that the bird learns how to hunt after 4 years. How is that even possible in the wild? When the chicks fledge (leave the nest which is only 2-1/2 months after they are hatched, then who feeds them for the next few years until they're 4 years old? LOL! Guess what, these are the MOST PROLIFIC HUNTERS of the bird kingdom that their hunting instincts are so automatic that they are ready to hunt and learn how to hunt immediately after leaving the nest. How do we know all these things? Because like I mentioned, we have researched them vastly by the best means possible through many centuries. Which also introduces the other imprinting problem I mentioned. Imprinting means that when an animal (any kind of animal) from a very young age, gets used to a human feeding it and socializing with it, it automatically imprints on that human or any other one and relies on him/her to feed it. This is a very well know scientific fact. Again, this is why I mentioned it in my original comment and why falconers (who have been doing this for centuries) will only hold on to a young bird that was CAUGHT IN THE WILD and not hand-fed since it has already developed the early stages of being dependent and hold onto it and teach it to hunt for 1 year only and then release it. This is vital for the bird's chances to survive in the wild. I hope my explanation was adequate for you and please don't misunderstand me. I was not insulting this tradition or these people at all. If anything, I was actually respecting it but you cannot deny that it is based on ignorance and not on proper understanding, unfortunately.

[@GoMiGman]

Thanks for the reply, Ismail. Great name btw, it's the same as my nephew's. You're probably right in that this is most likely his thinking and intentions. I only stated that the technical information given was not accurate and actually surprisingly incorrect. Keeping a bird for that long and then releasing is something that is truly unique to nomadic cultures such as this. Keeping water away from it so it'll come back etc. all starvation tricks to make a very non-social and wild animal bond to you and see you as it's source of food. Making that bird used to something like that for 10 years and then suddenly telling it "go off, now you have to do it on your own" makes me think the percentage of those that survive is very, very low. Especially in that environment.

[@rickyzhou3420]

Only recently did I discover that there were a lot of Mongolian looking people there

[@RuslanSti]

thx to autor

[@blacksmithace]

can anyone tell me the Latin name of this eagle or how to get one ......10x allot

[@ReggaeeLove]

'and became master of the skies'

[@THENUGE]

Very honest question :)

[@matero30]

Can anyone tell me is Govi-Altai also Kazakh?

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

how goods the song at the start. Full Thrasher

[@Tony53177]

Dat Sharkbanz commerical tho. :D

[@ВолкШужой]

KAZAKSTAN SUPER MOLODES KRASABIK

[@ethankhan212]

it's inner mongolia the people are chinese and some kazak em in china i know these kinds of people and such cultures are also found in xinjiang china

[@tiki886]

I would love to live my life not knowing what year it was or what time of day it is....

[@MaIcoImZieI]

Kazaks still have the Türk Wolf Spirit in them!

[@f1f2i]

Sorry!!! But they are real Kazakh people who could keep their language, culture, traditions and way of life. While a lot of Kazakhstani Kazakhs have lost themselves, even not being able to speak their own mother tongue becoming Mangurt. I spoke with many of Mongolian Kazakhs (I mean with Kazakhs who live in Mongolia), they never mixed with Mongolians or other ethnic groups, at least because of religion.

[@Kereyuli]

Bauirim osi jannaa1 degen orys shatasynyn sozine man berme. Kazakhstannyn kazagynan baskalar kazakh emes oralmandar maldar deydi.

[@Beckjann84]

unfortunately we get lost... We've forgotten the throat singing and lots and lots our traditions because of muslim religion. Tengry - God of all nomads and only.

[@maratgetmanchuk]

lol@ GAP thumbs up))

[@xxmightyonexx]

I don't know why but this video isn't loading properly for me, I'm getting a lot colorful smears across the screen instead, but if I drop down to the preview I can see things.

[@xxmightyonexx]

ok this time it worked!

[@CrimecraftTPSMMO]

wise people

[@MGLomerta]

We don't have east Asian admixture. We have northern asian admixture from Siberia :)

[@ВасилийПидченко-ц9у]

its qazaq people!!!! from Mongolia

[@BaxorUpGreat]

Yeah, it is!!!))))))

[@MGLomerta]

they like korean style, which makes them look more like korean.

[@shaybai4367]

How is this a disgrace? It's their life, let them live however they want, you can't take away ones independence and freedom just because they don't live up to your standards. Frankly they look a lot happier than some of us will ever be with facing a laptop and living in tight apartments.

[@davolaa]

YUMMYYY SAMMOSASS

[@Fenhawk11]

@blacksmithace become a falconer, make contacts etc don't just get a bird of prey on a whim

[@OutdoorsWonder]

damn i want one..i rather have an eagle than a dog

[@BaxorUpGreat]

Өзің қай жақтыкысың? (Where are from?) Қазақстанда да салтдәстірлері сақталып қалып ұмытылған емес!!! (As well in Kazakhstan the draditions are kept and unforgotten)

[@oakden1991]

i want a pet eagle.

[@MGLomerta]

maybe thats because we have many ethnic groups..

[@Azuluna357]

I bet that bread would make great toast

[@MalteSer001]

@TheSwing42 i was thinking the same thing :)_

[@sukrualieren]

usharga Kanatım jokh...

[@aBeautifulMasscare]

Living like this in the 21's century, what a disgrace. It's a huge shame that kazakhs got their freedom. It's clear that independence and freedom is very harmful for them.

[@cruel180]

@beckjann84 and throat singing is still used in Turkey by mostly womans..... so stop accusing religions and make some research before posting. it is called bogaz havasi and used mainly by my tribe sarikecili yoruks (can be translated as yellow-goated nomads) . you can easily make some google search. i am muslim and i am proud and thankfull to be one every single day of life, so you better get use to it.

[@MGLomerta]

tgd mongolchudtai yamr ch hamaagui humuustei neg uls bolno boloh? Turan gedeg ner tomyo turkuud zohioj tov aziin ulsad noloolloo bii bolgoh gj hiisver gargaj irsen tomyo!

[@Trashfished]

cant they just go to Burger King or something