I spent a couple of weeks living with different eagle hunters in Ulgii, Western Mongolia. Hunting with them is one of the coolest thing I have done in my life.

I stayed with Agalai, father of the first eagle huntress

 

Every eagle hunter has a strong bonding with his eagle

 

They keep their eagles at their “backyard”

 

Inside their ger, they simply chat about eagles and serve you cheese

 

Later, we hunt with another two younger hunters

 

They were busy practising and preparing for the Golden Eagle Festival

 

At the Golden Eagle Festival, they compete in many ways such as best costume and partnership with eagles

 

Ashol Pan is the first eagle huntress in the world

 

Agalai was having a great time meeting his fellow hunters

 

There are 300 hunters in the region . 80 of them participated

 

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