When Pelley and producers Nicole Young and Katie Kerbstat set out to tell the story of Mongolian eagle hunting, they knew they wanted viewers to feel like they were alongside McGough and her eagle.

So he and I jumped on a plane and set out to find Aisholpan and her family. The eagle-hunting tradition in Mongolia seems to be part sport, part utility. Tell me a bit more about the role it plays ...

What will the eagle do? Will she make it? How will you get her back afterwards?” Svidensky said. Ashol-Pan, he said, is at ease with the beast. The BBC, with details about the actual hunting ...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a Mongolian hunting eagle. Mongolia’s annual Golden Eagle Festival is a famed weekend-long event that celebrates the Kazakh tradition of hunting with eagles.

Altai, Mongolia - Sitting motionless on a wooden perch at the side of a small family cabin high in the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia is a golden eagle. The magnificent bird of prey is ...

"Anyone who is capable of hunting with an eagle is allowed to do so ... The movie takes you into the vast breathtaking expanses of Mongolia and the Altai Mountain range, where winter temperatures ...

“There are golden eagle festivals popping up left ... it’s the hardest thing a man can ever do.” Hunting with Eagles: In the Realm of the Mongolian Kazakhs is available through Merrell ...

Several birds of prey have been killed by new power lines, as Mongolia tries to improve connectivity. As we found out, eagle hunting is an art which requires patience, skill and a deep ...

Eagle hunting is a seasonal pastime ... their felt yurts to a couple of houses nestled in a hillside a few miles outside of the small, western Mongolian town of Tolbo. There, Shatirbai and his wife ...