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Aisholpan Nurgaiv
As the daughter of a renowned eagle hunter, Aisholpan wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and become an eagle hunter herself.
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While initial accounts touted Aisholpan Nurgaiv, the subject of The Eagle Huntress documentary, as the only female eagle hunter, the truth is that women have trained and hunted with eagles for thousands of years.
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