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Angrish

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We have this problem where I work. They will stand in front of the doors and his at people not letting them out. Been attacked many times. Damn geese are scary little summabitches, but only because it's illegal for us to "take matters into our own hands".

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Oh, I've had no problems tracking a downed goose only to grab it by the neck and give it a good ringing. No different than a pheasant, just 10lbs. heavier. Gun or no gun, if one try that shit of biting with me would at the very least be knocked stupid.

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Canada geese were almost eradicated by hunting, egg gathering and the draining of wetlands in the early 1900s. However, since the 1960s they have made a huge comeback. Their preference for short, highly fertilized grass and ponds of golf courses and parks attract geese to these environments. Once they arrive on these pampered lawns, their numbers will quickly swell to a huge problem.

Canada geese are creatures whose lives are dominated by learned traditions and instinctive annual patterns of behavior. In migratory populations, goslings learn their migration and stopping points by flying the route with their parents. This means that the odds are great that the same geese will return year after year to your property. It is instinct to go back to where they hatched; nested; brooded young, or where they have successfully molted their feathers in past years. Such geese become more difficult to remove and keep away because you must break them of old traditions and help them establish new ones.

What is the number one nuisance of geese?

Unfortunately, with geese come geese droppings. One goose produces 1-2 pounds of droppings a day. These droppings can be a health risk and can carry Salmonella spp,. E. coli, and Listeria spp. And large groups of geese can alter the ecology of your pond and create algae problems.

The difference between resident geese and migratory geese is that resident geese have chosen to live here year-round. The migratory geese pass through central North America during the fall and spring. Resident geese are not fazed by humans and can be aggressive. During nesting season a belligerent goose can easily knock down a small child.

Migratory Bird Treaty Act states that it is illegal to hunt, kill, sell, purchase, or possess migratory birds or their parts (feathers, nests, eggs, etc.) except as permitted by regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Interior, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: http://www.ohiogeesecontrol.com/facts.htm

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Canada geese are probably the most adaptable and tolerant of all native waterfowl. If left undisturbed, they will readily establish nesting territories on any suitable pond, be it located on a farm, backyard, golf course, apartment or condominium complex, or city park.

Most people will welcome and start feeding the first pair of geese on their pond, but these geese will soon wear out their welcome. In just a few years, a pair of geese can easily become 50 to 100 birds. The feces will foul the areas around the pond and surrounding yards and also damage the lawn, pond, and other vegetation. Geese that are fed will lose their fear of humans and attack adults, children, and pets during the nesting season (March through June). DO NOT FEED GEESE. Feeding bread, corn, potato chips, popcorn, and other human food items harms the geese and sets the scene for goose attacks on people.

Canada geese are protected under both the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Ohio state law. This protection extends to the geese, goslings, nests, and eggs. Non-lethal scare and hazing tactics, which do not harm the geese, are allowed. These tactics include: pyrotechnics, dogs, barriers, a grid on the pond, laser pointers (at night), distress calls, or grape-flavored repellants such as Flight Control.

If non-lethal tactics have been used in the past, without success, the Division of Wildlife may issue an egg addling (shaking) permit. Hunting in the fall, outside city limits, is a good method to reduce the goose population, feed people, and further scare the geese away.

The Division of Wildlife has developed a series of handouts that deal with the specifics of the human-goose conflict that can be downloaded in pdf format below.

Source: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Default.aspx?tabid=5674#canada

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