Oh , or we full of it today. We are having fun. I'll get you joker's when it's my turn
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Oh , or we full of it today. We are having fun. I'll get you joker's when it's my turn
All joking aside, Rocket Rich is spot on calling out these pests. It is time for these local raised geese to be delt with . In the Illinois Quad City area they are polluting our small waters till they smell like goose poop . I doubt that will happen any time soon though. I think the ILDNR still thinks they are wild . I have raised chickens that are wilder. I have all the respect in the world or the wild migrating Canadian Goose but these locals are a different matter. (Opinions may vary)
If they're resident geese there is no season. If exterminating them is an option, that's great. Shotgun or bow fishing rig. Or a timed siren or air cannon to scare them off. A pet would work as well.
Badgeholder gave you a good and cheep solution to your problem I have seen it work if you don't want to get a dog.
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Originally Posted by CrappieFlopper
Roman candles work good too if you have some left over from the 4th.
I like rock mike's suggestion the best. That's what I do on my pond.
I live on a small pond infested with 40 Canada geese (after the hatch) that turn into several hundred when the fall migration swings through our area. Between the 10 landowners around the pond, we use just about all the non-explosive, non-projectile methods mentioned so far for keeping the geese from getting too comfortable. A couple neighbors used to plink air rifle pellets near the geese to make them nervous - until one day a goose got righteously plonked in the backside by an errant pellet. Someone witnessed the deed, cops were called, and no more using air rifles. Since we live in the city limits, firecrackers and roman candles are verboten. Here's what works and what doesn't work: 1. fake coyotes make great photo ops when the real geese stand next to them; 2) rope barriers work most of the time, but not all of the time; 3) my golden retriever and my retriever/border collie mix do an excellent job when they are outside. However, the geese like to saunter into the yard round sun-up before the dogs are out for their morning constitutional. I have e-collars on the dogs so that they obey the yard boundaries, but with my neighbor's permission, they are allowed one exception to the stay-in-the-yard rule...when they come out our back door, they are allowed to race across his waterfront and chase any and all ducks and geese into the water. It's about a 100-yard sprint one way and takes about 15-20 seconds to clear the yards. They always come right back to "do their jobs" in the designated bone yard area of our lawn so the neighbor doesn't have to deal with any surprise land mines when out walking around. Seems to me that the ultimate solution is to reduce the head count, but that won't happen until a disease caused by over-population wipes out most of them. Until then, the political winds blow in favor of the geese.
My dog is great at annoying the geese! The geese have learned to Fly quick when the dog comes running if on land. If they are on the pond they have learned to swim to the other side and are faster than my dog can swim but they still leave before the dog is tired of swimming! Brittney Spaniels are Great; geese not so much!
you think you have a problem with geese, i`ll trade ya...my problem here is beaver..i have a chespeak bay retreiver that kills them...and i promise you, i would never tackle a beaver. but he does and has always won....have you ever seen a big beaver stand on his hind legs balanced by his tail..they can stand up to 3'..and their sharpe teeth can cut down good size trees....so i would trade these beavers for all your geese,,,thanks don
Get a wrist rocket and some of those pellets. If you know someone that works around a fab shop they may be able to get you some steel punching that work great in the wrist rocket. When I worked in the chem plants I would go around where they were fabing bracket and pick them up in 1/4" and 3/8" sizes.