Removing Unwanted Geese From Your Yard

[RobertJ.]

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:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIFfE_zL6YE[/ame]

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

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

 

[Chuck24]

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.

 

[RobertJ.]

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

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.

 

[Ματθιας]

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.

 

[mike4sigs]

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

 

[Onomea]

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!

 

[s&wchad]

Anyway, the company hired a guy with several dogs.

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

 

[twodog max]

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

 

[Kitgun]

There really needs to be a bounty on these birds.

 

[Inusuit]

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

 

[LoboGunLeather]

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.

 

[Buford57]

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.

 

[Puller]

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.

 

[Bald1]

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.

 

[Faulkner]

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.

 

[arjay]

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

 

[T112-4]

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.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

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

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

 

[A10]

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