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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:52:23 AM EDT
I have two Canadian Geese that have decided to take up nesting in my neighbors pond (no one lives there right now) and they always spend their days in my back yard in a low area with a lot of water in it. They may have a nest there. I'm not sure. So, as many ways of getting rid of the that would be fun and involve "dispatching" them, I would prefer not to kill them. I just want them out of my yard so I don't end up with the huge bird bombs that are bigger than my dogs. Also, if I killed them, I'd probably get nailed for poaching.
 So, what are some good, legal, ideas?ETA: I am surprised how many people are saying to shoot them. Most of the time, everyone is against shooting anything alive unless it's for hunting or to get rid of a deadly nuisance. I guess I could always get some of that rubber buckshot. That way I get the fun of shooting them without killing them. |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:52:43 AM EDT
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Send DK-Prof up there and they won't be back.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:53:00 AM EDT
[#2]
too easy
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:53:03 AM EDT
[#3]
Let the dog chase them away.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:53:25 AM EDT
[#4]
Nope...Not gonna say it!!!
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:53:51 AM EDT
[#5]
12ga 3-1/2 inch mag
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:54:07 AM EDT
[#6]
you're asking how to get rid of animals on a gun forum? hmmmmm....
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:54:16 AM EDT
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Put up a sign that says "Free Beer just 20 miles to the North!" with an arrow pointing that direction.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:55:26 AM EDT
[#8]
SSS
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:56:04 AM EDT
[#9]
I have Chihuahuas. Not much help. 
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:56:17 AM EDT
[#10]
4 bore?
Oh wait, you said legal. Might want to be careful. Messing with a "federally protected migratory waterfowl" could land you in PMITA prison. Even if they fuck around all year at some golf course or Sam's Parking lot, they are still protected... 
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:56:37 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:57:11 AM EDT
[#12]
Approach them, they will attack you. Shoot the fuckers in self-defence, post dinner pictures.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:57:26 AM EDT
[#13]
Nuke from orbit. |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:58:10 AM EDT
[#14]
That's what I was thinking... He'll put the smack/whack on their feathered asses. |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:59:07 AM EDT
[#15]
Got a dresser I can borrow?  
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:59:44 AM EDT
[#16]
Eat them!
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Posted: 4/17/2008 8:59:49 AM EDT
[#17]
Good idea.  How do I prepare Canadian geese?
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:00:06 AM EDT
[#18]
Adopt a yote.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:00:15 AM EDT
[#19]
I thought they were Canada Geese? You sure they're Canadian? Do they have passports?
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:00:50 AM EDT
[#20]
I would recommend harassing them every chance you get. Make your area inhospitable and they'll leave. Run them off every chance you get. A bottle rocket volley would be a good time. Check your game laws to see what the rules are about harassing wildlife though. In city limits or in the county? That will have some effect on what you can do. If county, just wait until season comes in again and shoot them, after obtaining the proper permits of course.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:02:28 AM EDT
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I don't know if this is an option for you, shoprat, but I have a friend that had the same problem. He lives on a lake, and hated the geese messing up his yard. He ended up putting up a fence along the lake. It's nothing expensive, just a mesh type material about 2 feet high and he used cheap 1x1 or 2x2 wood to make some posts. It doesn't need to be strong. It's more of a visual deterrent. They poo in someone else's yard now.
Now, if you have 500' of waterfront you need to fence, that's another story. He had maybe 150' or so. Good luck with it. |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:04:13 AM EDT
[#22]
paint ball gun
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:05:51 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:06:12 AM EDT
[#24]
OOOHHHH!!!!! That's a great idea. I wonder if I have any C02 left. I'm going to check now!!! |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:07:46 AM EDT
[#25]
Find their nest, shake their eggs. When they don't hatch, the geese will leave.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:08:29 AM EDT
[#26]
Break their necks.
Then roast them, roasted or BBQ goose is exceptionally good. |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:09:56 AM EDT
[#27]
Yep, "Federally Protected". Anything you do to displace them will result in criminal charges. |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:13:13 AM EDT
[#28]
Shoot them.
Seriously that's about the only way to get rid of them. They are quite a pain at the Pa state park I work at. The state had to develop this elaborate 'harassment system' to try to get rid of them. It involved elaborate ways to cut the grass in the park and all sorts of nonsense. Everytime we saw them out on the lake we had to go chase them in our rescue boat. My supervisor gave us full permission to throw rocks at them, hit them, basically do whatever. Yes, a couple people even reported us to PITA 
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:14:01 AM EDT
[#29]
Just put up signs with "Goose Free Zone" on them and you surely won't have any more problem.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:14:11 AM EDT
[#30]
BOLO. They are easy to make and work great.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:14:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:15:21 AM EDT
[#32]
your right, its Canada Geese, Canadian geese is incorrect usage. |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:16:44 AM EDT
[#33]
It's OK if you yell "They're coming right at us! " before you shoot.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:18:30 AM EDT
[#34]
<---has the same problem x 40.
I use a Labrador Retriever and a paintballs. It helps make them someone else's problem. |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:19:12 AM EDT
[#35]
Get permission to destroy the nest and eggs legally. www.fws.gov/permits/mbpermits/gooseeggregistration.html
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:21:14 AM EDT
[#36]
I use a Benelli.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:21:48 AM EDT
[#37]
The eggs and nests don't shit all over my yard and chase my kids out of the sandbox. The geese do! |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:23:28 AM EDT
[#38]
oh if you shoot them with a paintball gun....keep a bat nearby in case they attack
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:25:18 AM EDT
[#39]
We had some unwanted geese on a lake behind my house. My brother and I had some fun with his paintball gun- even shooting one of them while he was mid air with it.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:26:12 AM EDT
[#40]
Do like what this guy does to this hog here.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:26:17 AM EDT
[#41]
OH also if you want to really drill the point home you dont' want them there....freeze the paintballs
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:27:00 AM EDT
[#42]
What was your brother doing in mid air? Jack Bauer wannabe shooting? |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:27:14 AM EDT
[#43]
Leave them alone. They'll be gone of their own accord soon enough.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 9:51:11 AM EDT
[#44]
 Just kidding |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 10:07:10 AM EDT
[#45]
A lot of golf courses are using Australian shepherds (dogs) to drive off ducks/geese.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 10:07:27 AM EDT
[#46]
Look up your local USDA-APHIS-Wildlife services office. They get rid of birds for a living. I can't tell you how geese I Removed when I worked for them.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 10:18:12 AM EDT
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In Michigan we have a large population of resident giant Canada geese. If there is open water, they stay. They only vacation in Ohio until the lakes open up again, and plenty of years they stay all winter long. They don't leave. Right now they are paired and territorial. In another 6 weeks, each pair will have 2-10 goslings. In suburbia they stay where you cannot shoot them, even with archery equipment. When I was a kid, shooting a goose was a rare thing...a real trophy / prize. Now they are a nuisance and raise bacteria levels in the lakes and beaches to levels where humans cannot occupy the area without health risk. You can't kill enough of them fast enough. The township has an egg replacement / addling program and a roundup every spring. It simply keeps their numbers from getting even more insanely out of control. They get hit by cars very often, especially when flightless and molting. (Frozen paintballs break wings, btw....) |
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Posted: 4/17/2008 10:33:07 AM EDT
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I knew a guy at work that try poaching one with a .22 pistol (the only gun he owned, a Frontier Scout.) He said the looked at him, honked, and waddled away.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 10:51:11 AM EDT
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I wondered how long it would take for this type of attitude. I'm surprised it took this long.
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Posted: 4/17/2008 10:51:25 AM EDT
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