How do I keep Canada Geese off my property?

[PaugusBayFireFighter]

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.

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]

Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

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]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

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]

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]

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]

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