The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?

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The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?

A dog works well. Or shoot them. Unlike woodchuck, smoked goose is
considered by yuppies (I was once a yuppy) to be a delicacy.

Eliminate their food source. Maybe an application of a broadleaf weed
killer will work. Bonide makes a good one.

Cooking a goose is not recommended. We did this for Christmas about 10
years ago. Goose is *very* fatty and really cruds up the oven. Eating
the fat will provide lots of energy if you are out working in the
fields, but today that is not the case.



Chas Hurst wrote:
"mm" wrote in message
...
The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?

A dog works well. Or shoot them. Unlike woodchuck, smoked goose is
considered by yuppies (I was once a yuppy) to be a delicacy.

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:09:37 -0400, mm
wrote:

The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?

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Someone told me, that if put stakes every several feet and string
fishing line between them, the geese have a differcult time getting
out and in the water. They can fly over it, but for somereasont they
are wired to hang out at water they can flee to, or from, without
flying.

Might want to look into this.

hth,

tom @ www.NoCostAds.com

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:52:35 -0400, Tom The Great
wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:09:37 -0400, mm
wrote:

The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?

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Someone told me, that if put stakes every several feet and string
fishing line between them, the geese have a differcult time getting
out and in the water. They can fly over it, but for somereasont they
are wired to hang out at water they can flee to, or from, without
flying.

Might want to look into this.

I'm sending this to my friend as I send it back to you.

Definitely sounds worth trying.

To Chas, Sorry, shooting them and eating them are not options, and
there are a lot of them. Not on their land which is tiny and only
holds several, but if one is removed, there are more on the water or
in the air to take his place.

hth,

tom @ www.NoCostAds.com


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Eliminate their food source. Maybe an application of a broadleaf weed
killer will work. Bonide makes a good one.

Cooking a goose is not recommended. We did this for Christmas about 10
years ago. Goose is *very* fatty and really cruds up the oven. Eating
the fat will provide lots of energy if you are out working in the fields,
but today that is not the case.

Geese eat just about anything they can pick up. Broadleaf weed killer won't
do much in a lawn, but a broad spectrum herbicide will. Kill the lawn-geese
are gone.
A fortune awaits anyone who invents an SPCA approved goose repellant.
Cooking a goose is much recommended over eating it uncooked. If you review
my first reply you will notice smoked goose, which is normally done outside
in a "smoker". It's quite good and the fat for the most part is left in the
smoker.


Chas Hurst wrote:
"mm" wrote in message
...
The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?

A dog works well. Or shoot them. Unlike woodchuck, smoked goose is
considered by yuppies (I was once a yuppy) to be a delicacy.

"mm" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:52:35 -0400, Tom The Great
wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:09:37 -0400, mm
wrote:

The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?

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me know if you have posted also.


Someone told me, that if put stakes every several feet and string
fishing line between them, the geese have a differcult time getting
out and in the water. They can fly over it, but for somereasont they
are wired to hang out at water they can flee to, or from, without
flying.

Might want to look into this.

I'm sending this to my friend as I send it back to you.

Definitely sounds worth trying.

To Chas, Sorry, shooting them and eating them are not options, and
there are a lot of them. Not on their land which is tiny and only
holds several, but if one is removed, there are more on the water or
in the air to take his place.

hth,

tom @ www.NoCostAds.com

Nothing to be sorry about Tom. Geese are now a fact of life for persons
living near water.
A few years back the geese discovered the vast lawns at the corporate HQs in
Princeton, NJ. Squib, I believe was the first to use a dog to discourage
geese from their grounds. The geese simply moved over to J&J, who then
sicced the SPCA on Squib for cruelty to the geese. I havn't been over that
way in decades, so I have no idea who eventual prevailed. I suspect it was
the geese.

Chas Hurst wrote:
"mm" wrote in message
...

The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?


A dog works well. Or shoot them. Unlike woodchuck, smoked goose is
considered by yuppies (I was once a yuppy) to be a delicacy.

If they are Canadian Geese they are protected by the US Fish and
Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. They
cannot be killed, hunted, possessed, purchased or exported.
The only way to get rid of them is by discouragement. Remove their food
source, nesting or eggs, or frighten them away.
The IBM facility in Palisades NY, has a large pond and waterway that
runs under the facility. They use imported Foxes and a pair of Swans to
keep them away. Swans are very aggressive and territorial and will keep
all fowl away, including other Swans.

--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To Email, remove the double zeroes after 'at'

We have Canada Geese around here, not "Canadian Geese".


willshak wrote:
Chas Hurst wrote:
"mm" wrote in message
...

The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?


A dog works well. Or shoot them. Unlike woodchuck, smoked goose is
considered by yuppies (I was once a yuppy) to be a delicacy.

If they are Canadian Geese they are protected by the US Fish and
Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. They
cannot be killed, hunted, possessed, purchased or exported.
The only way to get rid of them is by discouragement. Remove their food
source, nesting or eggs, or frighten them away.
The IBM facility in Palisades NY, has a large pond and waterway that
runs under the facility. They use imported Foxes and a pair of Swans to
keep them away. Swans are very aggressive and territorial and will keep
all fowl away, including other Swans.

Stubby wrote:
We have Canada Geese around here, not "Canadian Geese".


Well, good for you.


willshak wrote:
Chas Hurst wrote:
"mm" wrote in message
...

The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?


A dog works well. Or shoot them. Unlike woodchuck, smoked goose is
considered by yuppies (I was once a yuppy) to be a delicacy.

If they are Canadian Geese they are protected by the US Fish and
Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. They
cannot be killed, hunted, possessed, purchased or exported.
The only way to get rid of them is by discouragement. Remove their
food source, nesting or eggs, or frighten them away.
The IBM facility in Palisades NY, has a large pond and waterway that
runs under the facility. They use imported Foxes and a pair of Swans
to keep them away. Swans are very aggressive and territorial and will
keep all fowl away, including other Swans.



--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To Email, remove the double zeroes after 'at'

A coworker had this problem a few years ago at his cottage. He got some
kind of stuff to spread on the lawn that tastes like grape, and apparently
the geese detest the stuff. I will see if I can find out what it was. It
seemed to work.

"mm" wrote in message
...
The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?

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Carolyn wrote:
A coworker had this problem a few years ago at his cottage. He got some
kind of stuff to spread on the lawn that tastes like grape, and apparently
the geese detest the stuff. I will see if I can find out what it was. It
seemed to work.

"mm" wrote in message
...
The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?



Grape Kool-Aid powder.

If they are Canadian Geese they are protected by the US Fish and
Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. They cannot
be killed, hunted, possessed, purchased or exported.
The only way to get rid of them is by discouragement. Remove their food
source, nesting or eggs, or frighten them away.


Taking the eggs is considered taking a baby goose and violates the treaty.
Disturbing the nest so the eggs are abandoned by the parents also harms a
baby goose.

"Pat" wrote in message
...

If they are Canadian Geese they are protected by the US Fish and
Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. They cannot
be killed, hunted, possessed, purchased or exported.
The only way to get rid of them is by discouragement. Remove their food
source, nesting or eggs, or frighten them away.


Taking the eggs is considered taking a baby goose and violates the treaty.
Disturbing the nest so the eggs are abandoned by the parents also harms a
baby goose.

The rangers in the g'ment parks around my way routinely shake goose eggs and
place them back in the nest. It destroys the embryo. Removing the eggs is
countered by the geese laying additional eggs.
As a migratory bird, Canada gees are subject to hunting seasons specified by
the federal g'ment .It is entirely legal to hunt and kill geese in season.

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:06:14 -0500, Doug G
wrote:

Carolyn wrote:
A coworker had this problem a few years ago at his cottage. He got some
kind of stuff to spread on the lawn that tastes like grape, and apparently
the geese detest the stuff. I will see if I can find out what it was. It
seemed to work.

"mm" wrote in message
...
The family of a friend has a tiny (2 1/2 small rooms) house on a river
that feeds the Chesapeake Bay. They've had this for 40 years but
starting last year, geese started hanging out there.

Now it is worse, with poop all over the grass and the steps.

Any way to get rid of geese?



Grape Kool-Aid powder.

Thanks a lot to all of you. Sorry I didn't get back sooner. I didn't
even see five of the answers until tonight, and I just sent them to my
friend tonight. I haven't found out how the prior suggestions
worked, but I plan to, and to let you know.


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