Haggis hunting?

Question

Do you think that the Scottish are cruel in still participating in haggis hunting, after all the English have stopped fox hunting. I hear that the young haggis are pulled from their nest by terriers and pursued by kilt wearing horseman, disgusting !!

Answer 1

Have you ever actually watched a haggis hunt? It's actually rather humane. Haggis have 1 leg longer than the other so they can run round and round the hills where they live. What the true haggis hunter will do, is leave a large barrel of 18 year old single malt whiskey (none of the cheap stuff) and leave it at the bottom of the hill at midnight. He will then return to the hill at dawn and place a large mirror in the path of the slightly hung-over haggis who will then try to turn and run away from the hideous reflection (well lets face it.... no-one looks good after a night of drinking). Now, remember that the haggis has 1 leg longer than the other. It then falls over as it becomes unbalanced and rolls down the hill, where the haggis hunter's mate will be waiting to catch the haggis as they roll down the hill. Now....the haggis have a good time and they usually get released back onto their hill and no-one ios harmed by it.....it's a lot more humane than fox hunting.

Answer 2

What a lot of rubbish the haggis is a wee furry creature on two legs it will run away from man but as it has one leg longer than the other to keep it from falling over as it runs round the hill. it Will keep running until it's heart gives up so then the haggis hunter just follows it then picks it up and throws it in the pot with good whiskey, and cooks slowly depending on the size. there is no cruelty no horses no hooks and no guns involved so how can it be cruel?
Wine fly

Answer 3

Haggis is not yet in season (so hang your heads in shame anyone who has been hunting them recently) and hunting is only legal after the 30th of november...below are some other little known facts about haggis that sassenachs might not know.

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The correct plural of haggis is haggii, although under certain grammatical circumstances it can be haggises or even “wee yins”. The name Haggii comes from the Latin for “harried ones”.


The Haggis Hunting season runs from when they hatch (30 November) until 25 January. The 31st of December is particularly anticipated by Haggis hunters as it is when great herds of Haggii migrate north for winter. The correct term for stalking a haggis is “havering”.


Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem “The Hunting Of The Snark” was originally called “The Hunting Of The Haggis” until he found out the Scottish beast actually existed.


Seeing a live haggis is supposed to be a sign of imminent good fortune. Earl Nyaff of Uirsgeul reputedly encountered one on his way to Ayr races in 1817 and subsequently won £50. True, he was badly trampled by the winner and flogged for race fixing after being falsely accused by his own brother, but at least he made a tidy profit.


An alcoholic drink derived from the haggis has yet to be invented, despite many centuries of intensive research.


The haggis is unusual in that it is neither consistently nocturnal nor diurnal, but instead is active at dawn and dusk (crepuscular), with occasional forays forth during the day and night.


Haggis eggs are inedible, and can be easily confused with deer droppings. On the whole they are best avoided.


Some myths say the spider watched by Robert the Bruce was trying to escape from a haggis foraging for food.


Haggis fur is waterproof but not showerproof.


No-one has ever succeeded in breeding haggii in captivity

WHILE THE ABOVE ARE FACTS HERE ARE SOME MYTHS ABOUT THE HAGGII.

A haggis is just a sheep’s stomach stuffed with meat and oatmeal.
The most common mistaken belief about the haggis is that it is some kind of pudding made from sheep innards. This somewhat macabre idea dates back many centuries. Its origins lie in a Pictish fertility ceremony which featured a parade of creatures known to produce large numbers of offspring. The haggis was one such animal. However, as hunting techniques were not as sophisticated as they were then and - for reasons explained in The Haggis in Scotland’s History - haggis numbers were low, the Pictish priests often had to make do with a model for these ceremonies. Said model haggis was made from an inflated sheep bladder, hence the myth.

They have one leg shorter than another.
This misconception originated with a respected English commentator. However, the haggis’s legs are all the same size. Any apparent difference in length could be due to the haggis’s habit of standing in a bog to confuse predators. Quite why this would confuse a predator is unclear as the haggis would be unable to run away, being as it is stuck in a bog.

Its hurdies are like a distant hill.
A haggis is rarely larger than a foot long. It has a gentle rounded shape and a soft consistency. How it is like a geological feature quite escapes us. Suilven is a distant hill. It is 2,399 feet high and made from unforgiving glacier-scarred rock. Pretty unhaggislike, you would agree. We suspect that this one is down to poetic licence.

Haggii live with the monster in Loch Ness.
This is nonsense. Haggises are not aquatic. They are also extremely wary of any creature larger than them and would not consort with a large carnivore, even one supposed to be mythical. There is also nothing to suggest that there is any truth behind the rumour that swimming with haggises strapped to your feet will prevent monster attacks. There have been no recorded attacks on anyone by the Loch Ness monster, haggis attachments notwithstanding.

Answer 4

Haggis hunting is an essential part of farmland management, get over it.

When we hunt Haggis on our estate we don't use dogs, we use shotguns

Anyway, the season is only really short so whats the problem ?they don't bleed much anyway

Answer 5

I am Scottish and will not give up haggis hunting for anyone or government. And who says the English have actually given up fox hunting - I don't believe Prince Charles for instance gives a toss about rules. Anyway I only hunt grown up haggis, and eat for my own consumption. Horror of horrors - I think the English are jealous of our proud tradition and want to muscle in. They must be stopped. I also grow my own shortbread and play the bagpipes, and drink two bottles of whisky a day to ward off colds out in the cold moors at night.

Answer 6

Noneed to go haggis hunting,just visit your local supermarketbut be warned my local one whose name begins with T.... told me that they are a seasonal dish so who knows what the dates are for the haggis season ,any ideas ?. Perhaps we should have a day like the glorious 12th and then who can guess what might occur !!!!.

Answer 7

But if they put an end to haggis hunting, next they'll be looking toward snipe hunting in the US...and then where will all the fun go?

Answer 8

Yes, we are cruel by keeping up the long tradition of haggis hunting. But if we didn't hunt haggis then we'd have to hunt the English and that's a helluva lot messier.

Answer 9

Youve been watching to much river cottage
was funny though dressed up as idiots chasing a haggis with a couple of feathers stuck in it. But remember you have to find one first to catch it

Answer 10

No, up here we're very pc. We gently lure the haggis by playing some beautiful music to them (I think they prefer Pink Floyd's Echoes). Then we place them carefully in a fleece-lined box laden with chloroform so they're gently rocked to sleep.
Then we bash them on the head with a hammer and eat them with neeps and tatties

YUMMY