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Old 06-04-2009, 01:05 PM   #1
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Give waterfront owners some percentage off their property taxes for every non-migratory goose they shoot. Instead of just moving them around we will eliminate the problem. That would just make too much sense I guess, so it won't be done. I would do it for free if it was legal.
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Old 06-04-2009, 01:18 PM   #2
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OK I have the answer for this one. And it is not a normal approach. I saw this on TV so it must be true.

In the Bass Pro or Cabellas catalog maybe they sell a Coyote lure. It is a little machine that twirls around and makes noises of an animal in distress. i saw a guy use this device to scare away geese from his yard. It was on a timer and went off every 15-30 minutes. Scared the BJesus out of the Birds.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1_DmD6Azs

you could probably make something yourself like it Maybe use a stuffed animal like a dog instead....
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Old 06-04-2009, 01:42 PM   #3
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Default Geese and Coyotes

We had the family dog chase our geese visitors away. As an aside, are Canada geese edible? I've always liked duck.

Does anyone have a legal way to get rid of a coyote? We have one that sits in a wooded area bordering our house with bad intentions for the family cat. The family dog is deceased. The neighborhood is residential and adjoins forested areas. Any advice beyond, don't get fond of the cat?

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Old 06-04-2009, 02:08 PM   #4
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It is legal to hunt, shoot and trap coyote's year round. You say residential against woods, is that a large tract of woods or a pocket? The reason I ask is you have to be 300 feet from a residential structure to discharge a firearm on some elses property. If you are in an urban compact Zone than that is out of the question.

If you are not a hunter, find someone in the area that is and give them written permission to stake out the property for the coyote and only that if that is all you are willing to do. There are many people out there that will do this type of thing. Contact your local conservation officer for help or to answer your questions, http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Law_...ment/index.htm , locate your district and call one of the officers on the list and talk to them personally, not dispatch or someone at the answering desk. You can use the exact same coyote call that is in the post above, the whirling thing and that will bring it in on que. Electronic distress calls work even better.

The methods used for shooting would be bow or shotgun (depending on the unit that your property is located in), rifle or as before trapping (the problem with the trapping is that it would be easy for a dog or human to get caught in it if they do not know it is there, that is why all trappers, traps need to be recorded with the local conservation officer as to locate and accompanied with the written land owner permission).

This is for the state of NH, if you are talking about your home in CT, you would need to check with your local CO or the wildlife department in CT on the rules and regs for your particular area.

And yes Canada geese are very tasty, slightly gamier than the duck you would be getting at a local resturant, but very good none the less.

The Canada geese season runs from 9/2/09-9/25/09 this year, go buy a hunting license, a state migratory waterfowl license and go to the post office and get your federal waterfowl stamp and you can harvest up to 5 Canada geese a day with a season maximum of 10, invite some friends over and have a Canada geese party. Then the next season is 10/2/09-11/2/09 and 11/23/09-12/20/09 but the limits reduce to 2 in a day with a max for the season of 4.

Hope that helps

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Old 06-04-2009, 02:21 PM   #5
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Re: Methods of dissuading geese from setting up shop on a given piece of ground...

The place where I dive locally in PA is a 50-acre lake with huge, sweeping lawns on one side -- ideal target area for geese. And they've had their share of problems. Back when the area was surrounded solely by farm land, the solution was a noise canon, which made shotgun-like noises controlled by a timer. It reported worked quite well...until some businesses and residential housing appeared on adjoining properties.

Over the winter, I noticed that they had set up grids of string, in 4- to 8-ft. squares, tied to stakes in the ground. It keeps them from landing on the grass, or venturing very far onto the grass. The result? Very few green tootsie-rolls to contend with on the lawns this spring. I do see/hear geese on the lake up there when I visit, but not in large numbers and not every day. This is quite an accomplishment, considering the site has EVERYTHING those damn geese like.

If you have a rocky shore and no grass, it is unlikely that geese will show up and stay. They need grass to eat, and don't do well in brush. I'd pay money to see one try to waddle up the rocks on our shore.

I wonder if a goose in the old bait trap would increase my yield of crayfish...
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Old 06-04-2009, 02:27 PM   #6
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Give waterfront owners some percentage off their property taxes for every non-migratory goose they shoot. Instead of just moving them around we will eliminate the problem. That would just make too much sense I guess, so it won't be done. I would do it for free if it was legal.
Unfortunately all Canada geese in the state of NH are considered migratory as they do not winter here.

I do not know about a percentage off the taxes, but you can buy a NH Small game hunting license, a NH state migratory water fowl stamp and a federal duck stamp and hunt them anyway and thus reducing the population by 14 birds total through the course of the two seasons, per person. It would be a two birds with one stone thing, reduce the Canada geese population and help fund the deficit that the NH Fish and Game is experiencing.
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Old 06-04-2009, 03:34 PM   #7
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They actually recommend using coyote urine to fend off the geese. You can buy it in garden shops.
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Old 06-04-2009, 04:28 PM   #8
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They actually recommend using coyote urine to fend off the geese. You can buy it in garden shops.
Does this also work with turkeys? My neighborhood is plagued with a growing group of about 20 turkeys that sleep in my pine trees right outside my bedroom. We are awakened every morning at sunrise (now about 5 am) by continuous loud cackling. A neighbor thinks it is the males and their mating calls. They peck at and poop on my lawn and the neighborhood kids can't walk to the bus stop alone because the group is so large and intimidating. A Few might be cute but a group of 20 moving through the neighborhood is like an invading army.

Has anyone had any luck repelling these things?
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Owls are the natural enemy of the turkey, set up a decoy in the yard and get a call that sounds like an owl and you can at least locate them, then flush them out of the trees. Do this early in the evening, turkeys are not very smart so you may have to do this a few nights in a row, their eyesight is fantastic and they will not like you getting close to them, but they will not move in the roost so you will have to get creative. We hoot like an owl when scouting for turkeys before the season starts and they respond every time.
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