Canadian geese problems

[N Florida Mike]

I live on a small lake.We have lots of dang geese here.They wake me up with their incessant honking all hours of the night.They don't ever seem to sleep.They fly over the house and poop everywhere and in the lake,which I'm sure fertilizes our hard to control lake vegetation.I hear they're illegal to shoot,and the neighbors would probably freak out so that's not an option.We also have a nutria problem but I trap them constantly.Any ideas?

[FloridaFishinFool]

Hey Mike!

I just checked online and found numerous website offering various solutions to scaring away geese from your property. Apparently using certain decoys can do it such as a coyote decoy among others:

http://www.goosinator.com/

http://www.getridofthings.com/pests/animals/get-rid-of-geese/

 

 

[Bluebasser86]

In Kansas we can get nuisance permits to control animal populations that are doing damage to crops or property. You might check with you DNR and see if that's a possibility. 

[A-Jay]

Use a goose-herding dog. Border collies and other herding breeds can be trained to scare geese away from an area. The geese will perceive the dog as a predator and may be convinced to leave the area for good.  Only dogs that have been specially trained by a handler should be used to scare geese away.  Do not let the dogs catch or harm the geese. If not specially trained, the dogs may cause the geese to re-locate to the water, where the dog will not pose a real threat.  If the geese are nesting or raising young, do not attempt to scare them away with a dog.

Use decoys and effigies for a temporary solution. There are several products on the market solely for the purpose of scaring geese, such as fake alligator heads or plastic dead geese. Geese will eventually get used to these devices, but they may buy you some time to plan a more permanent solution.  Cutouts of dogs or coyotes may work better in an area where geese have already learned to fear these animals.  Keep cutouts moving by placing them on a swivel. The wind will cause them to appear more lifelike to the geese. Move the cutouts around your property to maximize the effect.

Scare geese with loud noises. Sonic repellents can be effective at moving geese away from an area, but only for a short period of time. Most sonic repellents come equipped with a timer and make use of a recorded goose "alarm" call. When the geese hear the alarm, they flee.  Like decoys, sonic repellents may only work as a temporary solution. Geese can get used to loud noises rather quickly. Sonic repellents are much more effective if the geese associate the noise with a mobile threat, such as a dog or a person.

As always and like Bluebasser86 advised, check with the DNR before any action is take to keep from getting in a bind.

A-Jay

[tander]

I work at a golf course that has this problem. We use coyotes decoys to keep them off the greens. Works pretty well.

[dave]

FYI,  Canada Geese.

If they were Canadian...

 

 

[clayton86]

My solution 

 

[N Florida Mike]

I like that last one × 10!

[fishinfiend]

crossbow + night vision goggles

[N Florida Mike]

Thanks for the help.I like that last one × 10!

[mrmacwvu1]

On 1/26/2016 at 11:49 AM, clayton86 said:

My solution 

 

Beautiful dog you have there.

Since my two labs died, I have not been able to duck hunt since.

I am not in the position now to start training another dog for another year or so. It is just two hard for me to go with my buddies and their dogs.

It is like cheating on my two best friends that I lost.

[Buckeye Ron]

Where I work we use the coyote and a few other things. We also got permission to take more drastic measures,such as shaking the eggs. That method works the best of all.

They are filthy,mean,and loud. And they taste good barbecued!!

[N Florida Mike]

They don't come up on my property .They stay out pretty far in the lake so I don't think the coyote would help unless I put him on a remote control boat and ran him around.That's what the Goosinater is based on.Maybe an air horn will scare them off I don't know.I've got some 22 silents I'm considering.....

[tomustang]

Ask for their greencards, watch them scatter!

[N Florida Mike]

They need to go back up north where they belong.Kind of like snowbirds......

[clayton86]

Send em to NY specifically niagara county in March I'll take care of 5 a day.

[N Florida Mike]

Youre welcome to them.

[tomustang]

I probably see a million canadian geese here every year, you can't put a dent in there population, you shoot 5 and 20 more will show in its place the next day, they get in your face, no really you fish a bank and 40 squawk by looking at you like you're invading their space.

They're called the canadian airforce here, they drop bombs, especially when you running right under them the sound of a high rpm prop releases their bowls so hard your boat changes color.

[soflabasser]

Send those Canadian Geese down here!Me and my better half enjoy seeing them along with ducks when we go to parks.

[Catch 22]

Check with DNR regs as said. Some areas allow reduction by putting veggy oil on nest eggs. It smothers them and mom will sit on them all summer.If you destroy them ,mom will lay more. A spray can of shellac works too.

C22

[smallie.mike]

They are a nuisance around here too but that would really p*** me off if they were waking me up at night. 

[F14A-B]

I wonder if a goose egg omelet would be tasty? 

At anyrate, you should contact your local fire department & request a dalmatian to take care of this issue..firehouse dogs really enjoy chasing these large birds..

Dont ask..

[smallie.mike]

You need one of these. 

 

 

[AQUA VELVA]

They are a problem on my lake also. We call them flying rats. Geese are basically feathered poop machines. They will make a stinking mess of your lawn and dock if you let them hang around. Our lake association hires a company to come in and trap them once a year to keep their numbers down to a manageable level. Most of the things that I see people put out to scare them away only works until the geese figure out that they are not a threat.

[smallie.mike]

All joking aside I feel for ya, something like that that keeps you awake at night and and screws up your day to day life SUCKS! If you have a smart phone there are a lot of sleep sound apps that work really well with headphones to block noise while you're sleeping. I have some worthless neighbors that moved in last year and they let their dogs bark all night. That sleep sound app has really helped me. I know this isn't the answer you're looking for but I'm just throwing it out there.