A 1. 3- year- old eagle huntress in Mongolia. A photographer who snapped what could be the world's only girl hunting with a golden eagle says watching her work was an amazing sight. Image copyright. Asher Svidensky. Most children, Asher Svidensky says, are a little intimidated by golden eagles. THE EAGLE HUNTRESS is executive produced and narrated by STAR WARS's Daisy. 84%: Star Trek Beyond. Movie times, release date, plus trailers and reviews for The Eagle Huntress. New in cinemas this week; Top 10 now playing. Kazakh boys in western Mongolia start learning how to use the huge birds to hunt for foxes and hares at the age of 1. Svidensky, a photographer and travel writer, shot five boys learning the skill as well as the girl, Ashol- Pan. Ashol- Pan, the daughter of a particularly celebrated hunter, may well be the country's only apprentice huntress. Image copyright. Asher Svidensky. They hunt in winter, when the temperatures can drop to - 4. C (- 4. 0F). A hunt begins with days of trekking on horseback through snow to a mountain or ridge giving an excellent view of prey for miles around. Hunters generally work in teams. After a fox is spotted, riders charge towards it to flush it into the open, and an eagle is released. If the eagle fails to make a kill, another is released. Image copyright. Asher Svidensky. Image caption. Bahak Birgen is renowned as Mongolia's youngest male eagle hunter. THE EAGLE HUNTRESS Release Date: 11/2/2016 About THE EAGLE HUNTRESS follows Aisholpan. Bruno Mars Performs New Single '24K Magic' on SNL. Fandango VIPs, you could win a trip to New York. New DVD Releases; Special Offers. The Eagle Huntress (2016) Pictures, Trailer, Reviews, News, DVD and Soundtrack. New Release Music Video Photo Video Music. The Eagle Huntress movie reviews & Metacritic score. Plus, get a quick update on the latest movie news and release date. New on Netflix; New on DVD/Blu-ray. The skill of hunting with eagles, Svidensky says, lies in harnessing an unpredictable force of nature. You can try and make her hunt an animal - and then it's a matter of nature. What will the eagle do? How will you get her back afterwards? Female eaglets are chosen since they grow to a larger size - a large adult might be as heavy as seven kilos, with a wingspan of over 2. After years of service, on a spring morning, a hunter releases his mature eagle a final time, leaving a butchered sheep on the mountain as a farewell present. His photographs of her engaging in what has been a male activity for around 2,0. Mongolia in the 2. Century. Image copyright. Asher Svidensky. Follow @BBCNews. Magazine on Twitter and on Facebook.
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