An ethnic Kirgis man trains his hunting eagle with a bait of a dead fox in Akqi county in northwest China ' s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region , 25 May 2008 . Local people usually train the eagles from February to September and use them in hunting in the winter . Hunting with eagles is a traditional ancient art , practiced on the Eurasian steppes and particularly in Central Asia . It is similar in many ways to falconry . EPA / GUO XIN < 저작권자 ⓒ 2007 연 합 뉴 스 . 무단 전재 - 재 배포 금지 . >< 연합뉴스 긴급 속보 를 SMS 로 ! SKT 사용 자 는 무료 체험 ! >