Altai Eagle Festival takes a place in September, because we think there are 2 reasons. First is because hunting season starts in mid-September. The eagles molt (change) their old feathers and get new ones until the end of August. Then need 7-14 days training. And ready to fly again got hunting. Second is because September has mostly soft weather, open blue sky and it is just the end of tourist season in Mongolia. 3. Both festivals usually have between 50 and 80 eagle hunters. For Bushkashi, winner should have shortest time, and pick-up the biggest number of flowers (flags) For Kyz-Kuar, Each couple should be dressed in traditional clothing, for example same color of horses, horses should be look well. 4. It takes over one month to train the eagle. Usually, hunters get eagle babies in late June or in the beginning of July, as they say just before the eagle babies fly away from their nest. Eagle babies will be ready to fly, when tail feathers cross. So eagle babies come to Hunter’s family when they are 2-3 months old. And stay with a hunter 4 years at least. We use female ones for hunting, as far they are bigger and more aggressive. Female one will give a birth in age 4 years. When a time to release, our hunters is feed well his bird for few day and bring to remote High Mountain, as far as possible from his house. Of course, take off a hood, leg-laces from the eagle.
Altai Eagle Festival takes a place in September, because we think there are 2 reasons. First is because hunting season starts in mid-September. The eagles molt (change) their old feathers and get new ones until the end of August. Then need 7-14 days training. And ready to fly again got hunting. Second is because September has mostly soft weather, open blue sky and it is just the end of tourist season in Mongolia. 3. Both festivals usually have between 50 and 80 eagle hunters. For Bushkashi, winner should have shortest time, and pick-up the biggest number of flowers (flags) For Kyz-Kuar, Each couple should be dressed in traditional clothing, for example same color of horses, horses should be look well. 4. It takes over one month to train the eagle. Usually, hunters get eagle babies in late June or in the beginning of July, as they say just before the eagle babies fly away from their nest. Eagle babies will be ready to fly, when tail feathers cross. So eagle babies come to Hunter’s family when they are 2-3 months old. And stay with a hunter 4 years at least. We use female ones for hunting, as far they are bigger and more aggressive. Female one will give a birth in age 4 years. When a time to release, our hunters is feed well his bird for few day and bring to remote High Mountain, as far as possible from his house. Of course, take off a hood, leg-laces from the eagle.
Altai Eagle Festival takes a place in September, because we think there are 2 reasons. First is because hunting season starts in mid-September. The eagles molt (change) their old feathers and get new ones until the end of August. Then need 7-14 days training. And ready to fly again got hunting. Second is because September has mostly soft weather, open blue sky and it is just the end of tourist season in Mongolia. 3. Both festivals usually have between 50 and 80 eagle hunters. For Bushkashi, winner should have shortest time, and pick-up the biggest number of flowers (flags) For Kyz-Kuar, Each couple should be dressed in traditional clothing, for example same color of horses, horses should be look well. 4. It takes over one month to train the eagle. Usually, hunters get eagle babies in late June or in the beginning of July, as they say just before the eagle babies fly away from their nest. Eagle babies will be ready to fly, when tail feathers cross. So eagle babies come to Hunter’s family when they are 2-3 months old. And stay with a hunter 4 years at least. We use female ones for hunting, as far they are bigger and more aggressive. Female one will give a birth in age 4 years. When a time to release, our hunters is feed well his bird for few day and bring to remote High Mountain, as far as possible from his house. Of course, take off a hood, leg-laces from the eagle.