Posted on 03/15/2006 12:10:48 PM PST by RushCrush
I live on a small lake and the geese are a severe problem. They're nasty, mean-tempered, foul birds that each drop up to 3 pounds of crap every day. (With a flock of two dozen, do the math on the mess.)
But if I touch them, the neighbors go ballistic! I'm precluded from even threatening them in any fashion.Grrrr.
"Maybe a state law, not a federal... They aren't on the endangered list and no limit"
All waterfowl are covered under Federal law.
A guiy I know used to work at a golf course. They used sub-sonic .22's to dispatch with geese till the cops told them they had to stop. So they switched to sneaking up on them with golf clubs and teeing off on their heads.
"Hey Larry, sucks to be you!"
Gooseocide?
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Sorry-fat finger disease
giuy = guy
that is kinda fowl...
I have recently heard that Alka Seltzer tablets wrapped in bread dough balls causes the desired results. Something about birds not being able to burp.
There are tnousands of these feather covered turd machines here in Minneapolis. Every park, soccer, football field covered with their long green calling cards.
I sincerely hope that your acquaintance did not sustain serious damage to his Jeep Cherokee.
I dont know Mr. Casino either. But I do know paybacks are hell and sooner or later ____________
Oh whats a little poo-poo here and there gonna hurt. Look on the bright side: You get to watch their silly antics when they sneak up and peck another goose in the booty. You get to listen to their beautiful and plaintive little honking songs. You have a place to get rid of stale bread and crackers.
Just remember: Inside every goose is a happy little goose spirit that can liven up your day and teach you to be careful when you walk.
parsy, who cries over dead gooses.
In Union County, NJ the local officials gassed 2,700 geese and through them into a landfill.
Do you know how many food pantries that meat could have supplied??!!
That was such a sin.
I wish they would stop restraining hunters. Cause they would even work with the locales on donating the meat if they couldn't use it themselves.
NOW... I understand the expression of being "teed-off." LOL
Googled, found out it is a myth.
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I know that works on sea gulls.
Have you actually seen it?
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyard_birds/myths/myths.aspx
4. Exploding gulls.
Another exploding bird myth. I wonder why we are so attached to myths where something blows up. Must be the drama.
This myth proposes that if you feed a gull an Alka Seltzer tablet it will swallow the offering and when the lethal charge gets into the stomach and dissolves, the expanding gasses will cause the bird to explode. Every year there is another story about some mean kids doing this. Oddly, it always involves New Jersey.
After you stop giggling at the image of gulls exploding like flying land mines all over the Jersey shore, the unlikelihood of the myth starts to intrude. If it were true, it would be a big story. I can see the coverage now: Dan Rather in his safari jacket, standing on the windswept coast, hair blowing in the wind, gull feathers raining down in the background; PBS specials (who can resist the vision of a gull, cheerfully flying along and then suddenly exploding, right in front of the camera?); exposés in the tabloids.
If the body could not handle a little Alka Seltzer without an explosion, it wouldn't be legal to sell the stuff over the counter. If it caused gulls to explode, there would be a rash of reports every year. I do not know the physiological process by which the body processes a tablet swallowed whole (and I have no interest in trying), but I assume it involves, among other things, a fair amount of belching and a slightly gassy feeling. Actually, if I ate some of the stuff that gulls do, I would be thrilled to have a little relief, but they seem to do fine without it.
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