Geese...

[CompactTractorFan]

How do you get rid of geese??? They make such a big mess with their...uh...droppings. HOLD ON...before you say "just shoot them" I'm in an area if you did that the SWAT team willed be called out, so that is out of the question. :confused2: We tried: a big orange ball (named "Terror Eyes" :laughing. They loved it... We then tried fake dead geese. They worked pretty good except they were stolen. Our neighbor got a fake fox, but after a while they found out it was fake so the geese were attracted to it. :laughing: We even tried using a body alarm...Now, I'm chasing them with the tractor (used to use my bike). The go away, but then come back after a while. They do not come every year so I hope they aren't here next year. We also think they might be attracked to our apple trees...So, does anyone have any suggestions on how to get rid of them???

By the way: my grandfather calls them "flying cattle". :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Also, here are some pictures for your enjoyment:

 

[rswyan]

Big Dog

 

[SARG]

Actually ...any size dog will do.

Really...it is the best solution.

 

[20 20]

I used load noises, let the dogs chase them, etc... biggest thing is you can't let your guard down.

 

[jbooth]

Canada geese are very good to eat and relativly easy to clean. Pick easily. I love to smoke them, but are also very good baked. I suppose trapping and eating them is out of the question. My Dad had a couple ingenuous method to catch geese. He came through the depression and was grateful for all he could catch. His methods still worked long after the depression was over and are politically incorrect now, but here goes. He used trotlines baited with corn. Also used steel leg traps, but wrapped the jaws with rags or other soft material to keep from breaking legs and escaping. Either of these methods will cause the geese to raise a ruckus and probably bring some type of law enforcement on you. Dad didn't have this problem as it was 7 miles to the nearest gravel road.

Funny story about the geese frequenting the park near my home. Ladies were complaining about the geese using the shade of a picnic pavilion and pooing all over the cement slab. For appeasment to the ladies it was decided to put up a fence around the pavilion. Well the geese just flew over the fence landed on the tables. You know what the geese did to the tables. The fence came down. A hydrant and hose was installed.

How about a bow or crossbow?

 

[GGB]

I love to watch geese, especially when they are on someone else's pond!

My labs get really worked up when I tell them there are geese in the yard. They will race out of the house to scurry the geese back into the pond. I can't even call it harrassment because the geese simply get slightly annoyed and are soon back on the grass, until the dogs head back outside again.

Fortunately, most of the time the geese are only here for a couple of days, and then move on. But boy, can they make a mess of your yard!

GGB

 

[rswyan]

Canada geese are very good to eat ....

How does the taste compare to duck ?

Similar ?

I really like duck ....

 

[Backhoehoe]

Canada geese are very good to eat and relativly easy to clean. Pick easily. I love to smoke them, but are also very good baked. I suppose trapping and eating them is out of the question.

I love the breast meat rolled in flour and lots of black pepper and fried to golden brown. Get some!

 

[czechsonofagun]

Dogs keep our land geese free, only sometimes takes it a while to get them off the pond.

 

[Egon]

In crop country some folks use a propane cannon. They may also get government subsidies for destroyed crop. Note: this could very area specific.

For an upside think of all The free Guano being deposited!

The palate will discern a variety of flavors when eating geese. It all depends on how old, what they have been feeding on and long since they have molted.

In my younger days Dad's farm lay between two Alkali lakes and was on a migratory flyway. He did like hunting so I've had the privilege of cleaning and eating many a duck or goose.:thumbsup: