[iconoclast]

The few times I've been threatened by hissing geese, I was able to intimidate them, and they backed off. No stomping either, just blowing up big with my arms out to the sides and hissing back at them while I stood my ground.

Have I got a goose for you (stop that smirking). Too bad you live so far way, he'd be tickled to give you a demo.

[savedbygrace]

So then, what you're telling is, I've been just lucky, huh? Man, what a bummer.

[rcocean]

When a kid I read in a book the way to handle an overly aggressive goose is grab him by the neck and twirl him around a couple times. If you do that to the "Alpha" Goose, he and the rest of the gang become less frisky.

Years later was I able to put theory into practice. It works.