Posted on 01/07/2006 7:03:52 AM PST by blau993
I need some advice, and this group may be able to help. A flock of geese (Canada) has landed on the water next to our house and has apparently decided that water and my lawn are where they would like to winter over. We had this happen a few years ago, and they tore the daylights out of my lawn and left enough "fertilizer" to last a lifetime. My two labs are pretty good at dispersing them (the younger is nicknamed "Goosechaser"), but this bunch is persistent and keeps coming back. I am thinking of taking it to the next level. It is out of season, and I live within the Annapolis city limits, so firearms are not an option. However, I am thinking "air rifle." I don't know that much about them, but I was thinking kind of low velocity and steel BBs rather than pellets (need to be eco-friendly and all that). I am thinking that a few pellets to the rump ought to cause a goose no lasting harm but, combined with the dogs, might encourage them to move on. Thoughts?
You could wind up with a federal rap.
Yeah, I know it's stupid. I had nothing to do with writing that law.
How about alligators? Then after they get all fat, you make purses out of them.
Use a .22 cal pellet gun with flat point ammo. Get a pump, so you can adjust the actual hitting power. Many pump mfg's will spec how many ft/sec per pump. I'd say get a pump capable of 800-1000 fp/sec and try to maintain 300-400 fp/sec for your shots.
BTW, geese are hard to kill. I don't know if these hits will send them away.
Can any of you folks help this guy out? ;)
I've had a similar problem a few times..here's what we did...you have to aggravate, and scare, the birds enough that they want to leave....they view dogs as nuisances....get some old sheets..and a few of you hold and spread them out and run at the birds..with lots of yelling...it really scares them..the size and the rapid, fluttering movement....you may have to stay at it for two days, and nights.. or so..but if the birds can't settle down to graze..they'll seek new surroundings..
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Put up a tall temporary fabric fence between your lawn and the water.
pesky birds and possible sunday dinner ping!!!
Frozen paintballs.
You could have some fun with a few inflateable gators and some string.
Not sure it would scare the geese away, but it would make some great video.
Agreed. I hunt geese with a 12 gage, using #2 and "B" 3" heavi-shot. They are tougher than they look. I doubt a pellet gun will do it. Try a border collie to chase them, or fig dressing to eat them.
Go to the holloween store and get masks of the Clintons Kerry pelosia ect. and make scare crows
Can some local lend you a more viscous (to geese that is) dog for the duration? Find their nests and pin prick the eggs to make them sterile. DO NOT LET THEM RAISE NEW GEESE THERE. For obvious reasons
firecrackers
vicious dog !!
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