Comments on: Eagles and Deer? http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/ Behind the Scenes at King's Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:55:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Eagles and Deer? by: larry broderick http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-125677 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:53:22 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-125677 there is also a video on youtube that show eagle taking gazelle.. go to youtube, search eagle takes gazelle there is also a video on youtube that show eagle taking gazelle..

go to youtube, search eagle takes gazelle

]]> Comment on Eagles and Deer? by: larry broderick http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-125675 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:51:15 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-125675 just watched a 1st year golden straif and pursue a herd of 8 black tailed deer for about a half hour. I study these birds for various environmental groups. I watched the eagle single out a yearling and run it down a steep hill, the sure footed deer never missed a step. thus this time the mammal got away. I have read about many things being taken by eagles, the best story was from a fish and game guy, who told of a golden riding on the back of a pronghorn til the eagle punctured a lung and finally the pronhorn was taken. many stories of rancher's seeing eagle on sheep. eagles tkae lamb's but more often then not when a ealge is on an adult it was carion. the above stories about mountian goats, antelope, deer and what not are amazing thank- you all for shareing. I did some research and posted some links above this comment not sure if they made it in, if not just google golden eagle's hunting deer and there is alot of research and info out there. just watched a 1st year golden straif and pursue a herd of 8 black tailed deer for about a half hour. I study these birds for various environmental groups. I watched the eagle single out a yearling and run it down a steep hill, the sure footed deer never missed a step. thus this time the mammal got away. I have read about many things being taken by eagles, the best story was from a fish and game guy, who told of a golden riding on the back of a pronghorn til the eagle punctured a lung and finally the pronhorn was taken. many stories of rancher’s seeing eagle on sheep. eagles tkae lamb’s but more often then not when a ealge is on an adult it was carion.

the above stories about mountian goats, antelope, deer and what not are amazing thank- you all for shareing.

I did some research and posted some links above this comment not sure if they made it in, if not just google golden eagle’s hunting deer and there is alot of research and info out there.

]]> Comment on Eagles and Deer? by: Eagle Takes Down a Deer » King’s Outdoor World Blog http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-76849 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:30:20 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-76849 [...] This video is circulating around quite a bit lately. This is some incredible footage of an eagle taking down a deer. It looks pretty set up, but still shows the power of what an eagle can do. This footage ties in to an article Michael Burrell did in our Mule Deer Watch section of Hunting Illustrated about Eagles and Deer. You can read some comments about it on this earlier post and see another video clip here. [...] […] This video is circulating around quite a bit lately. This is some incredible footage of an eagle taking down a deer. It looks pretty set up, but still shows the power of what an eagle can do. This footage ties in to an article Michael Burrell did in our Mule Deer Watch section of Hunting Illustrated about Eagles and Deer. You can read some comments about it on this earlier post and see another video clip here. […]

]]> Comment on Eagles and Deer? by: Amy Acquafondata http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-49830 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:40:56 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-49830 About mountain goats, I was at yellowstone NP two years ago, and was told by other visitors just missed cougar stalking mountain goats on canyon walls. Was suprised because those cliffs were very high up, and very steep. So goats have 3 things to fear. About mountain goats, I was at yellowstone NP two years ago, and was told by other visitors just missed cougar stalking mountain goats on canyon walls. Was suprised because those cliffs were very high up, and very steep. So goats have 3 things to fear.

]]> Comment on Eagles and Deer? by: cory http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-39257 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:47:56 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-39257 I was mule deer hunting in Idaho last year and had been glassing all morning and had seen nothing. After an hour or so, an eagle caught my eye circling the opposite ridge. As I watched him, he swooped down towards the ground, and at the last minute before he hit, he climbed back up. He kept doing this over and over. As I watched through my binoculars, I saw a buck duck his head as the eagle swooped within a few feet of him. I'm sure the eagle wasn't looking to kill the deer... just tormenting him... I think. It was quite a show, and I ended up killing that buck later in the day. He ended up scoring around 170". I don't think I would have spotted him if it hadn't been for that eagle. I was mule deer hunting in Idaho last year and had been glassing all morning and had seen nothing. After an hour or so, an eagle caught my eye circling the opposite ridge. As I watched him, he swooped down towards the ground, and at the last minute before he hit, he climbed back up. He kept doing this over and over. As I watched through my binoculars, I saw a buck duck his head as the eagle swooped within a few feet of him. I’m sure the eagle wasn’t looking to kill the deer… just tormenting him… I think. It was quite a show, and I ended up killing that buck later in the day. He ended up scoring around 170″. I don’t think I would have spotted him if it hadn’t been for that eagle.

]]> Comment on Eagles and Deer? by: Scott http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-23268 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:54:30 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-23268 I recently read a story about a bald eagle, and though it was not so mighty as to carry off a large mammal I found it interesting. In Alaska there was a gentleman sitting on his deck watching the eagles feed when a large Bald Eagle swooped down and snatched a healthy sizes salmon out of the lake. As it was flying off the fish flopped loos, as it plummeted to the ground it smashed through a neighbors livingroom window. When the home owner heard the window break she went running into the living foom to find a salmon flopping on her floor. What goes through your mind when you see that? Red The <a HREF="http://www.ghilliesuitsource.com/" rel="nofollow">Ghillie Suit</a> Source I recently read a story about a bald eagle, and though it was not so mighty as to carry off a large mammal I found it interesting.
In Alaska there was a gentleman sitting on his deck watching the eagles feed when a large Bald Eagle swooped down and snatched a healthy sizes salmon out of the lake. As it was flying off the fish flopped loos, as it plummeted to the ground it smashed through a neighbors livingroom window. When the home owner heard the window break she went running into the living foom to find a salmon flopping on her floor. What goes through your mind when you see that?

Red
The Ghillie Suit Source

]]> Comment on Eagles and Deer? by: Norman Nelson http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-591 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:37:00 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-591 As a falconer I have trained Golden Eagles and done extensive tests where we tied small but heavy weights to an eagles legs to see how much weight it could carry. A male can pick up 4lbs and carry it into the wind. It cannot carry anything near 8 lbs. Do eagles attack deer, elk, antelope, children and all the other outlandish attackes supposedly revealed here. No, they don't attack adults of anykind or children. Have they taken lambs, and young deer or antelope, Dall sheep, most likely. Eagles feed on carcasses near highways in the winter, it's quite common, they don't kill full grown deer, cars do. In Mongolia the Golden Eagle is trained to hunt foxes, and they are quite capable of taking a full grown fox, however they can't fly with the dead animal. Fortunately golden eagles are doing well population wise, enjoy their spectacular beauty, courtship dives in the spring and their magnificent habitats. As a falconer I have trained Golden Eagles and done extensive tests where we tied small but heavy weights to an eagles legs to see how much weight it could carry. A male can pick up 4lbs and carry it into the wind. It cannot carry anything near 8 lbs.
Do eagles attack deer, elk, antelope, children and all the other
outlandish attackes supposedly revealed here. No, they don’t attack adults of anykind or children. Have they taken lambs, and young deer or antelope, Dall sheep, most likely. Eagles feed on carcasses near highways in the winter, it’s quite common, they don’t kill full grown deer, cars do. In Mongolia the Golden Eagle is trained to hunt foxes, and they are quite capable of taking a full grown fox, however they can’t fly with the dead animal.
Fortunately golden eagles are doing well population wise, enjoy their spectacular beauty, courtship dives in the spring and their magnificent habitats.

]]> Comment on Eagles and Deer? by: Scott A. Bianchini http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-490 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:18:00 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-490 Golden Eagle Attacking Whitetails I photograph and video whitetails in southwestern Wisconsin. In 2001, an immature golden eagle took up residence in a valley where I film deer, (unusual for these parts.) The eagle was extremely aggressive and for a couple of weeks was seen attacking turkeys. After that, he progressed to deer; bucks, does, and fawns. My friends called me crazy also. However, I have evidence as I captured about 18 deer attacks and a few turkey attacks on film. This occurred over a three week period in January-February, 2001. The attacks I have on film consist of the eagle (usually) perched on the ground and then getting airborne and then dive bombing a deer. Once at the deer, the eagle would land on the deer's back for about a second and dig his talons into its hide. The deer would turn inside-out. That's pretty cool in itself. However, in the process I learned something about whitetails-They scream! On 4 of the attacks I can hear a deer vocalization that I've never heard before. It's pretty odd. I got lucky filming the attacks. I had a Canon XL1 and the lighting was good to excellent. Best of all, some of the attacks occurred within 50 yards of my blind. The footage completely blows people away when they see it. I've showed the footage to two raptor scientists, and they claim that it's the only existing footage of an eagle attacking whitetails. They told me that eagles attacking mule deer, young elk and antelope is quite common. However, they are not aware of anyone having captured it on film. I've gotten some pretty good offers for the footage. However I don't intend to sell it right now. I have thousands of hours of deer and turkey footage (some of it includes some very unusual stuff) and intend to put together what I like to refer to as the greatest whitetail and turkey video ever made. My goal is to produce a 2 hour video compilation of deer and turkey where every scene incorporates either a monster buck, a very unusual scene, i.e. (a sand hill crane attacking a 10 point buck, buck attacking a decoy, coyote stalking a whitetail, serious buck fights, the eagle footage, etc...) or a high energy scene, (bucks chasing does, turkey fights) Although I probably have enough footage now, I decided last year that the project will not be complete until I get extremely closeup footage and quality audio of a buck fight within 50 yards of my blind. Since I refuse to film in pens or other enclosures, and therefore have no control over the subjects, it may be a while before I'm finished. Anyway enjoyed your article. The lesson for those who think your seeing things is that if you spend enough time in the woods, you will see some pretty magical things. Scott A. Bianchini Golden Eagle Attacking Whitetails

I photograph and video whitetails in southwestern Wisconsin. In 2001, an immature golden eagle took up residence in a valley where I film deer, (unusual for these parts.) The eagle was extremely aggressive and for a couple of weeks was seen attacking turkeys. After that, he progressed to deer; bucks, does, and fawns. My friends called me crazy also. However, I have evidence as I captured about 18 deer attacks and a few turkey attacks on film. This occurred over a three week period in January-February, 2001. The attacks I have on film consist of the eagle (usually) perched on the ground and then getting airborne and then dive bombing a deer. Once at the deer, the eagle would land on the deer’s back for about a second and dig his talons into its hide. The deer would turn inside-out. That’s pretty cool in itself. However, in the process I learned something about whitetails-They scream! On 4 of the attacks I can hear a deer vocalization that I’ve never heard before. It’s pretty odd.

I got lucky filming the attacks. I had a Canon XL1 and the lighting was good to excellent. Best of all, some of the attacks occurred within 50 yards of my blind. The footage completely blows people away when they see it.

I’ve showed the footage to two raptor scientists, and they claim that it’s the only existing footage of an eagle attacking whitetails. They told me that eagles attacking mule deer, young elk and antelope is quite common. However, they are not aware of anyone having captured it on film.

I’ve gotten some pretty good offers for the footage. However I don’t intend to sell it right now. I have thousands of hours of deer and turkey footage (some of it includes some very unusual stuff) and intend to put together what I like to refer to as the greatest whitetail and turkey video ever made. My goal is to produce a 2 hour video compilation of deer and turkey where every scene incorporates either a monster buck, a very unusual scene, i.e. (a sand hill crane attacking a 10 point buck, buck attacking a decoy, coyote stalking a whitetail, serious buck fights, the eagle footage, etc…) or a high energy scene, (bucks chasing does, turkey fights) Although I probably have enough footage now, I decided last year that the project will not be complete until I get extremely closeup footage and quality audio of a buck fight within 50 yards of my blind. Since I refuse to film in pens or other enclosures, and therefore have no control over the subjects, it may be a while before I’m finished.

Anyway enjoyed your article. The lesson for those who think your seeing things is that if you spend enough time in the woods, you will see some pretty magical things.

Scott A. Bianchini

]]> Comment on Eagles and Deer? by: david http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-448 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:06:53 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-448 I distinctly remember seeing an eagle carry a deer with antlers with a mountain in the background. i think the show was a mutual of omaha or disney or at least some nature program. this was MANY years ago. do you think you could find it and post it on your sight? I distinctly remember seeing an eagle carry a deer with antlers with a mountain in the background. i think the show was a mutual of omaha or disney or at least some nature program. this was MANY years ago.
do you think you could find it and post it on your sight?

]]> Comment on Eagles and Deer? by: Steve Wood http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-425 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:58:58 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2005/12/28/eagles-and-deer/#comment-425 I am responding to your request for witnessing aggressive eagle behavior. Last Sept. here in Nevada I witnessed an eagle aggressively working and diving on antelope. One was a solo antelope buck and about 200 yards away, a group of three other antelope, one buck and two does. The eagle would cruise back and forth between the two and made multiple dives at both groups. The lone buck and one doe in the other group would rear on their hind legs and butt toward the eagle as he approached. Much like rams lungs during mating battles. At times the eagle hoovered just over the antelope. I was surprised at how large the eagle looked compared to the antelope, with his large wingspan he seemed to dwarf them. Steve Wood Sparks, NV I am responding to your request for witnessing aggressive eagle behavior.

Last Sept. here in Nevada I witnessed an eagle aggressively working and diving on antelope. One was a solo antelope buck and about 200 yards away, a group of three other antelope, one buck and two does. The eagle would cruise back and forth between the two and made multiple dives at both groups. The lone buck and one doe in the other group would rear on their hind legs and butt toward the eagle as he approached. Much like rams lungs during mating battles.

At times the eagle hoovered just over the antelope. I was surprised at how large the eagle looked compared to the antelope, with his large wingspan he seemed to dwarf them.

Steve Wood
Sparks, NV

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