Eagle Throws Goats off Cliffs

[Okie Hog]

In his book, Hell, I Was There , Elmer Keith talked about seeing two golden eagles throwing bighorn sheep off cliffs.  Watch these eagles throw wild goats off cliffs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VklTs-Tid_I
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[Muley Hunter]

Amazing hunter.

 

[Spitfire1]

Clever birds ! Here in za the eagles will take a turtle and drop it on rocks to crack the shell...

 

[patocazador]

The last "goat" that they showed was a chamois sub-adult. The adults weigh about 65-80 lbs. I saw a similar video on PBS that was about ibex and golden eagles.

My brother and I were bowhunting elk near Dubois, Wyoming back in 1980 when we observed a golden eagle try to flush a bighorn lamb off a cliff. It never touched the sheep but dived on it repeatedly. The attack failed.

 

[Sharpsman]

That's the eagles way of 'tenderizing' his meat!! :Salute:

 

[Huntin_Dawg1215]

Simply Amazing how they are able to pick and left animals that size.