Thread: how do I get rid of geeese

Originally Posted by Chasing Ghosts

One mouthful at a time???

I think they make good dog food.

Not being "politically correct", I once answered a similar question regarding how to protect young tree seedlings from being bitten off by rabbits. My answer? 40 grains of lead judiciously administered at the rate of 1200 fps. Of course, that did not set too well with the ones doing the asking (they were from Chicago).

Try fake rubber snakes. Get some larger 4 to 5 footers lay 2 or 3 of them out in the yard. Or a large fake barn owl would probably work well too. I know the fake snake does the job on large red headed wood hens that like to annihilate wood siding on houses looking for carpenter bees. I threw a rubber snake on the roof. Never saw another wood hen on the house again. If The bang of a gun is a problem, stick a potato over a .22 barrel and pop them with that. Nobody will hear that. Blessed silence. You could also try a more barbaric route but would keep the gun out of the situation. Start feeding them. Throw bread out to them. When they get where they are fighting each other for pieces of bread and racing to the pieces, they are scarfing it down as fast as possible. wrap an Alkaseltzer in a piece of bread and throw that out. The geese will fight for it, the winner is the biggest loser cause geese can't fart and the seltzer will make their stomachs explode. works great on seagulls. Just need a way to dispose of them. A rock and some string would work great for that.CF