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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rabbidrabbit on January 27, 2005, 04:47:09 PM
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OK,
I have a dozen or so geese that are spending most of their time on my lawn and beach. They need to go. Anyone have an idea on what works? Is there some sort of spray or treatment that works well? The ol shotgun approach isn't politically viable but other means that are more descreet are welcome..>
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drano hidden in bread...
rotweillers
fireworks fired into them
and thats it for creative nonsensicle approaches from me...
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Pet Hawks
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call your local DNR they will usually cdome round em up!
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Or you could just shoot them.
Blow one's head off, the rest will run. Put the Head on a Pike as warning to all those that come later.
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Have a pond in my back yard. We had a HUGE Candian Goose problem a few years back. Here is what works:
1. Fireworks (Just drop one within 50 yards, don't throw them at them. This is a last resort... and can get you in trouble with the PETArds, I should know).
2. Don't let ANYONE feed them
3. Reflective tape (This is one of the more humane and more effective of the bunch) Just plant a few stakes in the gorund at waters edge and atttach silver reflective tape to them. Apparently geese don't like this and will be wary of landing near the water.
4. Remote controll boats (Probably the #1 reason we were able to chase them off) A neighbor (we share the pond with several other households) bought a remote controll boat and would spent about 10 min chasing the birds around the pond with it. Looked like he had a real hoot doing it.
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Originally posted by Scrap
Have a pond in my back yard. We had a HUGE Candian Goose problem a few years back. Here is what works:
1. Fireworks (Just drop one within 50 yards, don't throw them at them. This is a last resort... and can get you in trouble with the PETArds, I should know).
2. Don't let ANYONE feed them
3. Reflective tape (This is one of the more humane and more effective of the bunch) Just plant a few stakes in the gorund at waters edge and atttach silver reflective tape to them. Apparently geese don't like this and will be wary of landing near the water.
4. Remote controll boats (Probably the #1 reason we were able to chase them off) A neighbor (we share the pond with several other households) bought a remote controll boat and would spent about 10 min chasing the birds around the pond with it. Looked like he had a real hoot doing it.
Don't think anyone is feeding them. The lake is about 60 acres so its kinda large to chase them off it. How well does the reflective tape work? you just sink a stake every 10 feet or so, about 2 ft high and wrap it with tape?
debating slipping them some food that will help em sleep but not quite sure thats the best way.
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A big roasting pan, a bed of wild rice and some nice sage dressing might be the answer for the next dozen Sundays. :aok
dago
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I think you're overlooking the power of shooting them.
Here's what you do. You call up animal control, tell them that you have a geese problem. Tell them that all the geese must be gone by 3 days later, or else you will shoot one by one until they leave permanently. Remember that these things are damaging your land and devaluing your property.
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12 gauge shotgun, Triple-B (BBB) Shot. You can find these in 2-3/4", 3" and 3-1/2" Magnum sizes at your friendly neighborhood gander mountain type store.
Geese are the only creatures I can say I'd kill out of season. When out of season, I 'hear' that a .22 works nicely.
All these friggin poop machine rats-with-wings need to go. We've got too damn many of them and a bag limit of 2 a day just isn't cutting it. I enjoy goose meat, however there is no way I could eat all that I bag, so I breast them out and donate them to a local food shelter. This is only suggested during hunting season, as if done out of season one may become suspicious of your steady flow of honker meat.
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Golfer,
You by chance on duckhunter.net?
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I'm a member of Ducks Unlimited, but will give that site a try.
I'd also shy away from using poisons because those can get into animals you didn't intend such as ducks, deer and pets. I once killed a canadian goose with a headshot from a pellet gun, but I wouldn't suggest it to the average joe to try that method.
If you're feeling adventurous, you could always try a bow and arrow. I'd suggest a crossbow and some fairly inexpensive bolts (arrows). That oughta get those PETA panties in a bunch. I can't stand geese. I don't hate them as much as I hate coyotes though.
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I think the trick on this one is to be discreet. the ol 12 guage mayhem trick is fine except for the neighbors. If I can find a way to keep them off without killing them then just fine. Otherwise, I'm sick of their s++t. Come summer time my boy should be playing in the sand not goose goo.
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is it unreasonable to think you might get yourself a puppy? A nice chocolate lab would do wonders scaring those god forsaken black and white critters off. The only goose I don't mind seeing is the one I shot a few years ago with a 5'10" wingspan hanging on the wall. They grow em big around here.
I'm lucky, at the moment we're surrounded by farm fields. A normal fall day consists of dove hunting, skeet or trap shooting, plinking or sitting in a tree stand waiting for a deer. All basically in our back yard. We've got a skeet range with 2 throwers, a sperate mobile thrower for trap/poor man's sporting clays and 10 tons of dirt (compliments of neighbors construction business...free!) to shoot anything we feel into. Spoiled :)
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Originally posted by Scrap
on't let ANYONE feed them
3. Reflective tape (This is one of the more humane and more effective of the bunch) Just plant a few stakes in the gorund at waters edge and atttach silver reflective tape to them. Apparently geese don't like this and will be wary of landing near the water.
This one works on most bird problems. Especially those mud swallows that build nests along the edges of your roof.
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Originally posted by Scrap
4. Remote controll boats (Probably the #1 reason we were able to chase them off) A neighbor (we share the pond with several other households) bought a remote controll boat and would spent about 10 min chasing the birds around the pond with it. Looked like he had a real hoot doing it.
Now thres an idea.
there is a store a couple towns away that sell remote controls Tanks that fire little rubber BB like pellets out of their main gun.
Now if you can take a remote controled boat and somehow adapt the tank turret to it...
Always ment to get one to scare the crap out of the cats with em and oh hell while Im at it the dog too. Just never got around to it
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Originally posted by SunKing
This one works on most bird problems. Especially those mud swallows that build nests along the edges of your roof.
You talking these? They are Barn swallows. I'd love to have a nesting pair on my house.
those things are some of the coolest things to watch. they hunt for and eat bugs while in flight doing all sorts of areobatic manuvers that would make even the greatest turnfighter green with envy
(http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/per/p9.jpg)
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
Put the Head on a Pike as warning to all those that come later.
there's an idea that's time has gone that i miss.....
heads on pikes to ward off intruders.
say a convience store that gets robbed every few months, and the clerk shoots a few of em.
put the heads on a pike outside the store as a warning.
back on topic... you know goose poop does NOT bio-degrade. it is toxic, and a real nusance. it kills any vegitation beneath it, and generally sucks arse.
geese (canadian at least) are supposedly a protected species (damn canuks) you shoot them illegally it is a world of trouble.... IF they find out. a .22 makes very little sound, and popping a few of them should scare others off badly especially if they see the dead. geese dont like the sight of other dead geese.
the local golf course did this. killed a few geese (with shotgus though) and left the dead geese for a few weeks. that particular tagged flock has not come back ever... though a new flock took roost for a short time.... rinse repeat story
because of the abundant food provided by man the migratory patterns of the geese is royally screwed, and you will probably get either more or different geese next year no matter what you do.
calling the DNR will do nothing, unless you can PROVE a serious health risk... unsightlyness they dont ive a f&^% about.
another thing,.... laying out wires to foul their feet (no pun intended) works well, they wont land on that ground anymore but it is illegal too without DNR permission at least here in wisconsin. it's what they do on rooftops and stuff, a grid of thin wires about 2 feet apart, the birds try and land then get fouled in the wires, panic and take off again. but you have to have a license to put them up.
all in all i say kill the filthy F@#$%&, but you may be screwed. a 60 acre lake is pretty darn big, and they will find a secluded alcove to stay in, unless every property owner around the whole shoreline is in on the "removal"
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one word:
ninjas
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
You talking these? They are Barn swallows. I'd love to have a nesting pair on my house.
those things are some of the coolest things to watch. they hunt for and eat bugs while in flight doing all sorts of areobatic manuvers that would make even the greatest turnfighter green with envy
(http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/per/p9.jpg)
In the Sacramento valley you don't get one or two pretty little nests.... you get 20-30 all around your house!!. The mud stains your house paint, they crap all over your propety , your deck, your pool ( get the idea) and the noise!!!
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I like to think of myself as an old fashioned kind of guy.
A friend of mine had a bad bad goose problem. After nothing happened with Animal control, he finally decided to do it himself.
He took a .22 and fired at the biggest meanest ugliest one of the pack. But they were packed so tight that he got 7 of them.
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I wish a dozen meals would come hang out at my place.
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
Or you could just shoot them.
Blow one's head off, the rest will run. Put the Head on a Pike as warning to all those that come later.
Actually one of them would come back, geese are one of the few animals in nature who stay with one mate their entire life. Thus the joy of hunting them is that you kill one the mate is bound to come back looking for his/her lost love.
I agree with Jackal an air cannon is the best way to go.
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other than the plan that includes a large rotisserie, a banquet for all your friends, and 'hunting in the off season'- the best bet is to borrow a border collie for a few weeks.
they'll herd the geese around all day (and love it), the geese get no rest and finally hate it there enough to leave.
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Brew a Cayenne pepper tea, then spray it where you don't want waterfowl. Works on my dock.
It burns their little feet the same way it burns our tongue when we eat Cajun.
Just don't go barefoot.
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A use for those AOL CD's (http://www.ehow.com/how_4589_scare-away-birds.html)
But I really like THIS COMPANY (http://www.reedjoseph.com/). I have some of their 12ga shells that launch the equivalent of an M-80 about 40yds. Scares the heck outa any varmit. Plus, they are tons o' fun to use.
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Do not kill any bird out of season unless it is one of the following:
House sparrow
European starling
Rock pigeon (common pigeon)
The migratory bird act protects everything other than the 3 listed above. You shoot a goose out of season and you can go to jail.
The reflective tape and remote control boat ideas are OK... but you're not allowed to harm the geese. The same goes for swallows building nests under eves or swifts building nests in chimneys.
MiniD
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just get a CAT, preferably a very hungry one...
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sheridan .22 6 pumps 20 yards
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
He took a .22 and fired at the biggest meanest ugliest one of the pack. But they were packed so tight that he got 7 of them.
Were they Armor Piercing Incendiary or Depleted Uranium Shells?
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Just walk a dog around the area a couple of times a month. My office hires a dog specifically trained to chase geese (but not attack them) to come by periodically and scare them off. The geese will not return after a while.
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some pretty good posts..
Any clues on this:
http://www2.yardiac.com/long.asp?tgs=9758423:27771577& cart_id=&item_id=664
or this:
http://www.safepetproducts.com/pilot.asp?pg=animalrepellen t_main
kinda hoping I can find something that makes them go away with a minimum of effort. Would be nice to stop the neighbors dogs from cr--ing on my lawn too...
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Originally posted by SunKing
In the Sacramento valley you don't get one or two pretty little nests.... you get 20-30 all around your house!!. The mud stains your house paint, they crap all over your propety , your deck, your pool ( get the idea) and the noise!!!
That has to suck d**k, I envision something out of Audobon with 20-30 nests!
Off topic, I have a buddy that moved out to Tracy, CA from Michigan.
Karaya
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No, it wasn't an AP bullet. There were just that many of them.
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Originally posted by RTStuka
Actually one of them would come back, geese are one of the few animals in nature who stay with one mate their entire life. Thus the joy of hunting them is that you kill one the mate is bound to come back looking for his/her lost love.
I must be old cause that sentence freaked me out. If you're going to kill it because they crap all over the place and piss you off, i can understand, but what you wrote is sick.... :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
kinda hoping I can find something that makes them go away with a minimum of effort. Would be nice to stop the neighbors dogs from cr--ing on my lawn too...
sheridan .22 3 pumps 20 yards. aim for the rump. :D
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Just get you a bucket of balls and a 9 iron....not only will it scare them away but your score will improve over time.
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.22 cal rifle with a 16oz mountian dew plastic bottle taped to the end would work after dark......
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I can't believe none of you grew up on a farm! If you had, you'd know about taking a piece of bacon fat, tying it securely to a long piece of string, then placing it near the water.
A goose will walk up, see the bacon fat, and eat it. He can't digest it, so it will go through his digestive track and end up on the ground, but with the string still attached.
Next goose walks up, think 'Hey, free food' and will eat the same piece of fat and it will work its way through HIS digestive system too.
This happens a few times, and now you've got a bunch of upset geese... on a string.
Technically, it might not get rid of them, but it's funny to see all these geese doing a conga down by your pond.
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Oh, for a more useful use of string, throw a bunch of it on the pond. Geese hate floating string, won't land there. I dunno if it looks like a snake or what, but it repels them.
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12 Guage slugs do a real number on geese. There's a more discrete soloution but it involves a Ruger 10/22, a length of steel pipe, a tap and die set, several large washers, some steel wool, JB weld and a complete disregard for legal consequences.
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Originally posted by Heretik
12 Guage slugs do a real number on geese. There's a more discrete soloution but it involves a Ruger 10/22, a length of steel pipe, a tap and die set, several large washers, some steel wool, JB weld and a complete disregard for legal consequences.
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