How do I keep Canada Geese off my property?

mcdude · 03-26-2016, 10:03 AM

Build a wall and make them pay for it.

ITD · 03-26-2016, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mcdude

Build a wall and make them pay for it.

LOL, they'd pay you green alright.

secondcurve · 03-27-2016, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mcdude

Build a wall and make them pay for it.

No wall is necessary. The problem can be solved by upping the bag limit and expanding the open season for Geese. It is really a pretty simple solution.

SAB1 · 03-27-2016, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by secondcurve

No wall is necessary. The problem can be solved by upping the bag limit and expanding the open season for Geese. It is really a pretty simple solution.

Couldn't agree more. Relatively low cost also. Let the hunters take care of the problem.

Treerider · 03-27-2016, 10:12 PM

Canada Goose breast meat makes some great Chili.....this I know from past experience.....

PaugusBayFireFighter · 03-28-2016, 02:15 PM

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No wall is necessary. The problem can be solved by upping the bag limit and expanding the open season for Geese. It is really a pretty simple solution.

Just wondering where people would hunt Canadian geese? They congregate on shore front public and private property. On private office parks, golf courses, etc. They eat grass. They eat grass very close to water.
Where would this hunting by private citizens take place?
I'm not a hunter but all the hunting stories I hear about are in the woods, away from public and private dwellings. If geese were crapping in the woods nobody would care. Any place I've ever seen them are places you could never discharge a gun.

ishoot308 · 03-28-2016, 02:59 PM

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Just wondering where people would hunt Canadian geese? They congregate on shore front public and private property. On private office parks, golf courses, etc. They eat grass. They eat grass very close to water.
Where would this hunting by private citizens take place?
I'm not a hunter but all the hunting stories I hear about are in the woods, away from public and private dwellings. If geese were crapping in the woods nobody would care. Any place I've ever seen them are places you could never discharge a gun.

Rivers, cornfields, large bodies of water / swamps and coastal waters. Cornfields along a river would be the best bet...

Dan

secondcurve · 03-28-2016, 06:22 PM

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Rivers, cornfields, large bodies of water / swamps and coastal waters. Cornfields along a river would be the best bet...

Dan

Agreed that is where it makes sense to get them. PagusBayFirefighter: I'd avoid shooting them at the lake. The days of being able to hunt ducks and geese on Winnipesakuee are unfortunately long gone.

NoBozo · 03-28-2016, 07:09 PM

Canada Geese fly over my house in Rhode Island every spring and fall. They are flying In "V" formations (Hundreds at a time) just like our bombers in Europe during WWII. They "Honk" as they go. I think it has something to do with their breathing as they fly.

There is a book by....Can't remember who wrote it just now..called Chesapeake...where the author describes locals out on boats with small Cannons whacking 100s of geese with One shot as they fly.

This author also wrote similar historical books named : Alaska, Hawaii, and Texas.

Maybe bring that shooting practice back.

NB

PS: I think this practice was illegal even back then.

EDIT: Author was James Michener.

Grant · 03-28-2016, 07:46 PM

Kill 'em all. Paint their eggs with veggie oil. Chase them away. They will be the end of Winnipesaukee as we've known it. Guaranteed. The state won't do anything, so it's up to you. Broken record here...not gonna say any more.

tis · 03-29-2016, 07:38 AM

I agree Grant. A couple of years ago our water tested positive for ecoli and I swear it was the geese.

03-26-2016, 10:03 AM	#1
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Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,501 Thanks: 377 Thanked 231 Times in 125 Posts	Kill 'em all. Paint their eggs with veggie oil. Chase them away. They will be the end of Winnipesaukee as we've known it. Guaranteed. The state won't do anything, so it's up to you. Broken record here...not gonna say any more. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

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NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	Canada Geese fly over my house in Rhode Island every spring and fall. They are flying In "V" formations (Hundreds at a time) just like our bombers in Europe during WWII. They "Honk" as they go. I think it has something to do with their breathing as they fly. There is a book by....Can't remember who wrote it just now..called Chesapeake...where the author describes locals out on boats with small Cannons whacking 100s of geese with One shot as they fly. This author also wrote similar historical books named : Alaska, Hawaii, and Texas. Maybe bring that shooting practice back. NB PS: I think this practice was illegal even back then. EDIT: Author was James Michener.

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tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,769 Thanks: 755 Thanked 1,462 Times in 1,018 Posts	I agree Grant. A couple of years ago our water tested positive for ecoli and I swear it was the geese.