Given that availability of vegan and vegetarian haggis, I feel that haggis hunting should be banned in Scotland. The alternative products taste comparable, without the cruelty. The shrinking of their natural habitat, especially in the lowlands, threatens existing haggis colonies. There was a time when fleeing haggis could evade a flying dirk, but modern shotguns are putting them at risk of extinction. Do you agree?
by Full_Emergency_
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The run up to Burns night is always hardest on them.
If you’re using shotguns you end up with too much lead in the meat.
Now crossbows on the other hand…
At least they banned hunting haggi with hounds.
That was just fucking nasty.
Is wild-hunted haggis better or worse than the factory farmed specimens that you see in most supermarkets? The end to their life may be brutal and terrifying, but at least they’ve had the chance to run the glens and feel the Highland wind in their shaggy hair.
Wholeheartedly agree.
Totally agree. I want to live in a Scotland where the wild haggis are thriving, not hunted to the brink of extinction!
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The only good haggis is a dead haggis.
These aren’t funny at all. Just incredibly cringe
When I was wee my grampa took us out hunting up north. Caught one with his bare hands right in front of me. We finished it off with a rock, it didn’t suffer at all. Tastiest thing I ever ate.
Hunting them is an ancient tradition, folk should leave it alone.
It’s a shame we have got to control their numbers because they’re top shaggers .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPLslbAMyZk
Englishman who’s just had a TIL moment seeing this post, before googling these animals.
Bravo, you wee funny fuckers. 😁
Can anyone direct me to a haggis sanctuary?? I’ve wanted to show them to my young’uns for ages and can’t seem to find any in the wild.
I want them to know, personally, what they eat and look them in the eyes to know the creatures and can make their own decisions on what they’ll eat or not.
So far they are still eating hot dogs, not eating peeps and are on the fence about tofu (ugly buggers if you’ve ever seen them irl).
Can’t have them eating things just because “they’re cute”
Having seen 1st hand the devastation these animals leave I think hunting should still be allowed to keep the numbers under control.
My family have hunted Haggis since time immemorial, and I’ll be six feet deep in the cold, hard ground before I’ll let you snowflakes take it away from me!
I also struggled to track the greater breasted haggi due to their use of Scotch mist as a camouflage technique.
Ankle bitters them haggis been chased a few times in the highlands in trails and the can move so be on yer toes
I lost a fingur tae wan’a the wee bastards last year, so a say it’s war….
It’s decimating the haggis herd!
For those unfamiliar with haggis hunting. All haggis walk round mountains one way or the other at fixed elevation – basically on a contour line – and all have evolved legs longer on one side than the other. This makes them easy to catch. First build or find a haggis trap (big hole). Then run at them head on. Because of the leg length discrepancy when they turn to flee they loose their balance and roll down the hill into the trap. If you’re clever you’ll fill the trap with boiling oil so they’re instantly deep fried, fresh from the hill. Yummy!