Every year we have Canadian Honkers in the yard of our apartment complex. We live on the bank of the river that flows north and south through town, at the north end that's near the mouth, and the geese just love our yard. I think they like to eat our grass. But they poop all over, and this makes it difficult for the tenants on the lower level to enjoy the yard. The police actually told us we could shoot them with a BB gun. I have my mom's old Red Ryder (which is 74 years old now), and bounced a BB off the side of one of them, and he didn't even look around, he was completely un-fazed. I have a .22 Co2 pistol, but I really didn't want to hurt one.

Well, I saw a video showing what someone else did, so we tried it, and it works great. It doesn't hurt them, and it's loads of fun. It's worked for us just like it did in the video.

This isn't my video (it's not even the one I initially saw), but it shows how effective this method is:

These are Federally and Internationally protected wildlife that you are harassing! You are in violation of around 7 laws, not counting your state laws!

Those geese have more rights than you do! And you just posted for all the world to see.

Rule One, The Three Nothings: Hear Nothing, Say Nothing, See Nothing.

Rule Two, Get somebody Else: Complain to the complex management, and let them hire licensed professionals to deal with these pests.

Rule Three, Italian: I use Italian salad dressing as a marinade for several hours on the breasts before grilling. (I limit out during non-migratory season!)

Ivan

In 30+ years at the Post Office working in the rural areas no dog ever bothered me as bad as those stupid geese, and the dog spray does squat to get them off of you.

My wife and I ARE the management!

She has spent hours on the phone looking for a solution, and like I said, the police even said we could shoot them with a BB gun! We've passed out laser pointers to a few tenants now, and the geese have started staying away. I recently painted our dock black, and the lasers keep seagulls from perching on it and trying to re-paint it white.

But as for Rule Three: Never having been a bird hunter, I started watching videos on how to dress them out (the geese, not the gulls). I worked as a chef for about thirty years, so cooking one wouldn't be too much of a problem.

OP, I think Ivan is giving you a not so subtle hint to delete your post(s) about what YOU'RE doing. Be SGT. Schultz.

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Think about what Ivan Said.
the Wrong DNR Officer and you could see some legal trouble.

One of the factories I used to visit in NJ had a geese problem. Employees would arrive at work, park their cars, and then need to walk through the geese to the factory. The geese were aggressive.

I recall watching a guy one morning coming through swinging his briefcase to keep the geese at bay.

Anyway, the company hired a guy with several dogs. They'd show up once or twice a day and chase off the geese. The dogs had a great time!

It was fun to watch.

I don't like 'em either. They're like having a pack of dogs crapping constantly, day in and day out, all over your lawn. What a mess!

K9 goose repellant is very effective. Some will actually clean up after the geese!

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Contact your state DNR or whatever. Many have people to assist with these types of problems or permits to harass them. It is not a big deal with most of these agencies as I worked for one of them for 36 years.
Paint ball guns work well as well as many other techniques. Canada geese are nasty noisy visitors

There really needs to be a bounty on these birds.

I am a supporter of law enforcement but police officers are not the best place to get legal advice.

I might have some fun if I ever have to defend myself in court for harassing geese on my property.

Defense Exhibit One: a day's worth of goose droppings for the jury to examine.

Defense Exhibit Two: receipts for landscape maintenance cost during goose migration season.

I'm pretty sure at least one jury member could be persuaded that my actions were not unreasonable under the circumstances. I'm also pretty sure that US Magistrates Court has a lot of cases on the docket of greater urgency for prosecutors than a goose harassment summons.

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Local golf courses have used coyote (or maybe German Shepherd) silhouettes to scare off the geese. Sort of a reverse decoy. Seems to work. Not as fun as some alternatives.

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Harassing geese? Maybe that'd be an issue in some states, here we have a daily bag limit of 15 with a possession limit of 45. Even the Game & Fish folks realize they are little more than pests.

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The geese probably think laser is a predator chasing them…….My son once had a high school football game against a school very close to Lake Erie. They played on a grass field. On the very first play of game my son makes a tackle ( he was a defensive end). He and the running back get up covered in what I thought was chalk. Nope it was goose poop. I didn’t find out till after the game that parts of the field were covered with it.

The director of the city Parks & Recreation Department is a buddy of mine and he calls me from time to time asking if I'll bring Daisy out to the park for a few days to "harass" the geese away from the lakefront picnic area.

Daisy has a blast and she easily keeps them herded into the lake. Only problem is she loves the water so much I have to be watchful of her or she'll take off swimming out into the lake after them.

I may have to give the laser pointer a try, seems a harmless way of shewing them away.

Here's a few pictures of Daisy on goose patrol.











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My local park/open space and cemetery has a family of at least 6 coyotes that do a good job of confining em to the lake lol

Neighbor across the street from a large pond has same problem. He tied a line of brightly colored plastic flags across the lot line by the pond. The geese would not cross it. You might get complaints from neighbors and you live on a river and they might just swim to the next lot and walk around. Good luck.

Claim you have Inuit blood and you're subsistence hunting.

Disclaimer: This is NOT legal advice-tongue firmly planted in cheek as I post.

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I understand that Silencerco makes a pretty good goose repellent.....

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Even older, even crankier....

works on gang bangers that congregate on sidewalks too (or so I hear)

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The first good use of a coyote of which I have heard!!

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Ever tried to launch a boat trailer down (or up) a concrete launch ramp that geese have been resting on?

(The old saying "slicker than goose s___" is based on experience...)

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Geese are reknown for deploying stop sticks on fairways and greens.

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That looks great. Seems stronger than what I have - any suggestions?

As above get a Border Collie They use them at airport runways

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I wonder what the explanation is for keeping them on the protected list. They are as common as ants.

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There were a couple of tee boxes at my old home course that they really liked for some reason.Needed gloves just to tee it up lol

I have some racing geese for sale if anyone would like a quick gander.

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Being not too far from a large inland lake, we have a double whammy !
Geese and wild turkey's, which are just as bad !
They drive my wife's little lap dog nuts, lol !

They’re “protected” in the sense that they are covered by the “Migratory Bird Convention Act”, which is an agreement between the US and Canada to insure that migratory species (birds that frequently nest in one country but over-winter in the other) are protected in that both countries agree they will take suitable measures to insure that habitats aren’t destroyed and some species likes ducks and geese aren’t over-hunted.

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When I was in school, I worked a job doing a vehicle security patrol at a large pharmaceutical site on the 12 - 8 am shift. This expansive site had several large ponds with water spouts that were popular with employees having lunch. With geese too, by the hundreds.

There was also a general purpose "handyman", a Mexican fellow, who also worked the 12-8 shift, getting odd jobs done. One of which was going out to the ponds each morning before people started coming in, and firing several 12 ga "bird bomb" shells to scare away the geese.

One morning I hear him firing, so take a drive down to the pond. See him carrying 3 Canada Geese up to his van. Real nervous, tells me he has a lot of kids to feed, not a lot of $$. I just smiled, and told him I thought geese tasted pretty good too.

For the next couple weeks, each week, I would find a plucked & dressed goose in a plastic bag in the back of my PU truck at the end of my shift. Had to tell him I liked goose, but, you know, now and then...

Larry

Actually there are now 4 nothings. The three above and now POST nothing.

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Someone say Geese?

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We have a geese problem on our lake. We employ a co to remove them. They allegedly give to needy for food,

I have heard a slingshot and a marble works wonders on geese.

There are some of those installed on the youth baseball fields near my home. They are surrounded by geese.

you could just move to Florida.....no geese down here that I know of.

Happy gators.

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Soft goosie, warm goosie, flying ball of down.

Happy goosie, sleepy goosie, roast til brown.

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Wrong. We are suffering an invasion of Egyptian geese. FWC says to take them out.

There is only one species of geese are protected, the Emperor Goose. The rest are managed. Hunting is fully legal at certain times of the year anywhere you can legally shoot a gun. The USFWS manages the population and monitors all waterfowl, working closely with Canada and Latin America to establish hunting limits depending on population status. Canada Goose hunting in the US has allowed limits of 3 to 6 Canada (dark) geese per day depending on where you live.

Snow (light) geese limits are much larger, due to their very high population in recent decades. Too many of these geese in northern Canada has resulted in almost all available food eaten by millions of these species, devasting many perm-frost areas. Fortunately, they have never become accustomed to human environments and are not much of a problem for most except the winter grain farmers of the central and western US. Limits are very high, and some states offer a limitless daily harvest and possession. With even these extreme measures, the population is still not under control. Light goose populations in North America are estimated at over 15 million birds. Canada goose populations, on the other hand, are estimated at 5 million birds.

Bottom line is that while you might find some lenient Conservation Officers out there, but it is the Feds you need to be concerned about. The laws are simple, direct, and all encompassing, plus vigorously enforced by Federal agents. States are required to follow the Federal laws and work within their parameters in establishing each year's hunting seasons, regulations, and enforcement.

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The local Police have no say so in what you can shoot . Damn near everything with feathers is Federally protected .

My town spent mega bucks updating our launch ramp. The geese must like the plastic floating docks because THAT is where they defecate.

Once upon a time the Vol. Fire company would send a truck down every few days and blast off the docks. They don't do that any more. Our town Mayor is a boater and I personally complained and moaned to him about me having to buy a $$$ launch ramp season pass when I can't use the ramp.

They found some kind of chemical and they spray the docks. No more geese. Obviously, there IS something out there, you just need to find what it is.

Our high school uses an eagle silhouette to keep them off the football field.

You must live well south- I was recently in Jacksonville and there were Canadian geese everywhere.

Wonder if it works on Muscovy ducks?

We can take 5 per day with a possession limit of 15. I was working near the Columbia most of today and heard gunfire the entire time. I knew it was bird hunters, and hopefully, helping with our problem.

Nicely crafted!

I have one of those, too, but like I said, I really didn't want to hurt one!