Fawn Hunter

[the blur]

I didn't know they hunt fawns.  Figured they were too big.......

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/06/17/mt.deer.causes.power.outage.kpax?hpt=hp_t2

[First-light]

Just saw the story, unreal they can fly with that fawn in its grip.

[WNYBuckHunter]

I wonder if it killed the fawn, or found it dead and carried it away. Kind of neat story though.

[ny hunter]

That would be awesome to see that Eagle with the fawn.

[MuzzyLoader]

Can you imagine the POWER these birds of prey have?  I wonder how many pounds they could carry for a sustained distance.  :-\

[the blur]

This is appearently staged, but still pretty impressive.

[First-light]

Great, now I have to look up in the air when I make it through the woods, like bears aren't enough!!!

[Geno C]

wow, thats crazy... the video of that huge hawk i have seen years ago. there is other vids of that also on youtube.

[WNYBuckHunter]

wow, thats crazy... the video of that huge hawk i have seen years ago. there is other vids of that also on youtube.

Im almost certain thats a Golden Eagle in the video.

[Karpteach]

That is so cool. This is just evidence that we compete with nature for the deer. Hopefully we win.

[Pygmy]

Bald and golden eagles were shot for bounty until the 1960s in the western states, mostly because of thier depredation on lambs..If they could take a lamb, they surely could take a fawn...

Golden eagles were the main predator since they prefer live prey and bald eagles prefer fish and carrion..However all birds of prey are opportunists and will take an easy meal whenever it presents itself..

Golden eagles are relatively scarce in NY, at least compared to bald eagles, so I doubt that fawn depradation by eagles in NY is significant..

I'm sure that MANY more fawns are killed by domestic dogs in NY than are killed by eagles of any sort..

[shawnhu]

Edited, wrong forum.

Edited August 12, 2013 by shawnhu

[Paula]

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Edited August 14, 2013 by Paula

[verminater71]

had a bald eagle pick up a fish behind the boat Saturday, pretty neat to see up close, Cayuga lake