Is My Goose Cooked, Or Should I Just Get The Flock Out Of There?
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Danus ex
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If your tests are anything like the ones we extraterrestrials performed on another Earth species, all you'll discover is that one in ten don't seem to mind.
230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
I'll bet some would.
I wonder if that's the origin of the term, "goose," as in "to goose someone."
Hmmmm.... goose-goosing...
That's got to be the most-quoted paragraph on the THR site.
Congrats, Grampster!
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The best advice so far has been :
Call parks department, when that doesn't work call the news ( 7 on you side?).
The news could make a big stink about the city not helping out a wheelchair bound citizen. Once an elected official sees the news that goose is relocated or dead within the day.
Call parks department, when that doesn't work call the news ( 7 on you side?).
The news could make a big stink about the city not helping out a wheelchair bound citizen. Once an elected official sees the news that goose is relocated or dead within the day.
Rey B
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You've got geese from three different states. Where are you from? Drops trou, You tell me!
230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
I repeat: yup.
Yup yup yup.
Raised Geese, Chickens, Rouen ducks. Birds are diffcult to sex.
I was hoping to slip this in before the thread got slammed shut.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI1190.html
About 2/3 down:
"It is difficult to distinguish sex in geese except by examination of the reproductive organs. The process, described by the late T. H. Canfield, follows: Lift the goose by the neck and lay it on its back, either on a table or over your bended knee, with the tail pointed away from you. Move the tail end of the bird out over the edge so it can be readily bent downwards. Then insert your pointer finger (sometimes it helps to have a little vaseline on it) into the cloaca about half an inch and move it around in a circular manner several times to enlarge and relax the sphincter muscle which closes the opening. Next, apply some pressure directly below and on the sides of the vent to evert or expose the sex organs.
"Figure 1. Exposed reproductive organ of an immature male.
"Figure 2. Reproductive organ of sexually mature male.
"Figure 3. Genital eminence of mature female.
"In some birds the male organ is somewhat difficult to unsheath. An inexperienced sexer may easily call a bird a female if, after slight pressure, the cork-screw-like male organ is not exposed. However, only the presence of a female genital eminence will positively identify a female."
Never tried sniffing them to determine State of origin.
For relevance: GUN
Yup yup yup.
Raised Geese, Chickens, Rouen ducks. Birds are diffcult to sex.
I was hoping to slip this in before the thread got slammed shut.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI1190.html
About 2/3 down:
"It is difficult to distinguish sex in geese except by examination of the reproductive organs. The process, described by the late T. H. Canfield, follows: Lift the goose by the neck and lay it on its back, either on a table or over your bended knee, with the tail pointed away from you. Move the tail end of the bird out over the edge so it can be readily bent downwards. Then insert your pointer finger (sometimes it helps to have a little vaseline on it) into the cloaca about half an inch and move it around in a circular manner several times to enlarge and relax the sphincter muscle which closes the opening. Next, apply some pressure directly below and on the sides of the vent to evert or expose the sex organs.
"Figure 1. Exposed reproductive organ of an immature male.
"Figure 2. Reproductive organ of sexually mature male.
"Figure 3. Genital eminence of mature female.
"In some birds the male organ is somewhat difficult to unsheath. An inexperienced sexer may easily call a bird a female if, after slight pressure, the cork-screw-like male organ is not exposed. However, only the presence of a female genital eminence will positively identify a female."
Never tried sniffing them to determine State of origin.
For relevance: GUN
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Master Blaster
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Sounds like a job for a super soaker, one of the small brightly colored pistol models.
Aim for the head.
Use plain water you dont want to hurt the wittle Goosie
Where I work, we used to have a goose problem, the canada geese would eat the grass, and then lay big goose turds on the walkways. In spring they would make their nests around the parking lot and behave aggressively towards the women I worked with.
Many folks were scared of them, and the Geese could sense it. When I came out of the building the geese would always run the other way. At one point I had to escort a co-worker to her car because the male goose was charging her with his head down and she would run from him
When the goose saw me though he would run the other way.
My co-worker asked me what my secret was, and I told her that Geese could READ Minds, When he read her mind he could see her cowering in fear as he bit her.
When the goose read my mind all he got was a picture of me laughing at him while I kicked him across the parking lot.
Most animals are good at reading body language and the Geese could tell that I was itching to use one of them for a football.
Aim for the head.
Use plain water you dont want to hurt the wittle Goosie
Where I work, we used to have a goose problem, the canada geese would eat the grass, and then lay big goose turds on the walkways. In spring they would make their nests around the parking lot and behave aggressively towards the women I worked with.
Many folks were scared of them, and the Geese could sense it. When I came out of the building the geese would always run the other way. At one point I had to escort a co-worker to her car because the male goose was charging her with his head down and she would run from him
When the goose saw me though he would run the other way.
My co-worker asked me what my secret was, and I told her that Geese could READ Minds, When he read her mind he could see her cowering in fear as he bit her.
When the goose read my mind all he got was a picture of me laughing at him while I kicked him across the parking lot.
Most animals are good at reading body language and the Geese could tell that I was itching to use one of them for a football.
Brother in Arms
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here is advice from a Goose handler
#1 First if you are attacked by a goose be agressive. Do not give off signs of fear, or weak body langauge, do no fall back...if they charge charge them back.
#2 If the goose attacks you it will put out its neck to strike at you with its beak....grab it by the neck and throw it as far from you as you can. Be careful of its wing attack though they can wing wack hard enough to give you a bloody nose.
#3 If you are not agressive be prepared to run...geese are short distance sprinters so you need to be fast over a long distance...otherwise you @$$ is going to get pinched.
#4 if it is hissing at you that is a warning many breeds of geese will hiss rather than attack unless you get to close or disturb them too much...other breeds of geese like africans will generally just attack you or make a ridicoulous amount of loud honking....usually if you stay back when they hiss you will be allright but be prepared for them to rush you.
Please do not use pepper spray on a goose...the animals strongest defenses are its vision...if you use pepper spray on it you will damage its first line of defense and I think that is cruel. Avoidance is the best bet. I think people should do what they have to do defend themself from threats be they people or animal but when dealing with animals consider there natural reasons for responding the way they do....they are not just being malicious as people sometimes are.
If it contines call the game warden if it is a wild goose and if its domestic call talk to the owner or the town animal control officer.
Brother in Arms
#1 First if you are attacked by a goose be agressive. Do not give off signs of fear, or weak body langauge, do no fall back...if they charge charge them back.
#2 If the goose attacks you it will put out its neck to strike at you with its beak....grab it by the neck and throw it as far from you as you can. Be careful of its wing attack though they can wing wack hard enough to give you a bloody nose.
#3 If you are not agressive be prepared to run...geese are short distance sprinters so you need to be fast over a long distance...otherwise you @$$ is going to get pinched.
#4 if it is hissing at you that is a warning many breeds of geese will hiss rather than attack unless you get to close or disturb them too much...other breeds of geese like africans will generally just attack you or make a ridicoulous amount of loud honking....usually if you stay back when they hiss you will be allright but be prepared for them to rush you.
Please do not use pepper spray on a goose...the animals strongest defenses are its vision...if you use pepper spray on it you will damage its first line of defense and I think that is cruel. Avoidance is the best bet. I think people should do what they have to do defend themself from threats be they people or animal but when dealing with animals consider there natural reasons for responding the way they do....they are not just being malicious as people sometimes are.
If it contines call the game warden if it is a wild goose and if its domestic call talk to the owner or the town animal control officer.
Brother in Arms
stangfan93
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take some bread and then take some hot sauce. put hot sauce on the bread and then proceed to feed that to then and wait for hilarity! they freak out when the hot sauce starts to take effect.
skeeter1
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Get yourself an Irish shillelagh
One of the best things I ever bought:
http://www.fashionablecanes.com/05095.html
Whack a goose with one of these and they'll get out of your way. No one is going to give a hard time to someone in a wheelchair and also has a proper walking stick.
One of the best things I ever bought:
http://www.fashionablecanes.com/05095.html
Whack a goose with one of these and they'll get out of your way. No one is going to give a hard time to someone in a wheelchair and also has a proper walking stick.
Sage of Seattle
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skeeter1
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Sage,
I've got both a shillelagh and a "fancy cane." Either one will do the job. Oh, and besides deflecting geese, they do make walking easier.
I've got both a shillelagh and a "fancy cane." Either one will do the job. Oh, and besides deflecting geese, they do make walking easier.
crebralfix
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How to do it
Goose: "HONK!"
You: "NO, I do not have the time!"
Goose: "HONK HONK!!"
You: "Get back!" as you place hand on jacket and support hand in the "Stop" position.
Goose: "HONK!" and steps closer.
You: "BEAK! BEAK! Drop your weapon!". Move laterally, draw your gun, and present .
Goose: "HONKhonkHonkHONKhonkHonkHONKhonkHonk!"
You: "Turn around! Wings out where I can see them!"
Goose "HONK!"
You: "On your nest! Don't move!"
Goose: "HONK HONK"
You: "Look way, not with that eye, the other eye!"
Goose: "Honk!"
You: Move away. Remember to call in an accurate description.
Goose: "HONK!"
You: "NO, I do not have the time!"
Goose: "HONK HONK!!"
You: "Get back!" as you place hand on jacket and support hand in the "Stop" position.
Goose: "HONK!" and steps closer.
You: "BEAK! BEAK! Drop your weapon!". Move laterally, draw your gun, and present .
Goose: "HONKhonkHonkHONKhonkHonkHONKhonkHonk!"
You: "Turn around! Wings out where I can see them!"
Goose "HONK!"
You: "On your nest! Don't move!"
Goose: "HONK HONK"
You: "Look way, not with that eye, the other eye!"
Goose: "Honk!"
You: Move away. Remember to call in an accurate description.
Notch
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I have an aquaintance that had to deal with the same kind of situation. An air horn works great. When ya get close enough to the critter so that he starts his hissing and threat posture, give him a good blast. It will send him and the rest running like they have just got a few thousand volts put on them. Works great and as opposed to alternatives that could cause pain and suffering, wont make ya look like a stupid 16 year old kid that hates his life.
Nicky Santoro
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I second the air horn idea. Some of the residents in my town belong to a private lake association and have considerable problems with the geese. They use air horns run them off for a short time, which should be all you need.
ID_shooting
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I know the geese of which he speaks...
These aren't your normal wild migrating geese. These are hardened inner city criminal geese. Boise has what is essentially one big park through the center of it called the "Green Belt" For too many years, well minded but very dumb city people have fed the dumb things and they have become dependant on people to live. The geese in question no longer migrate and number in the thousands. The City has no will to remove them becuase the vocal, feel gooders think they are protecting the wild life by keeping them here. They have big sings on all the trees telling people not to feed the geese but they never enforce it and idiots will litterally lean on the sign while tossing bread. They do cause traffic issues not too mention safety and health problems. For the life of me I can not figure it out, the city even put up goose crossing signs to warn people.
The park areas are so large you could safely let hunters shoot them but the hippie, tree hugging, liberals would never allow it. It is more humane to let them starve and freeze in the winter, like I said, I don't get it.
Do not, I say again, DO NOT try to feed it and make friends, you will be swarmed and being in a wheel chair, not have a speedy means of escape. What they are doing is nesting and establishing territory for mating and young rearing. In another couple of months will will see goslings every where "And aren't they so darn cute..."
I would probably do the cane or pepper spray thing but only after you have made several recorded calls to Parks and Rec, Humane Society, City Hall, and even BPD. Tell them you are wheel chair bound and are attacked every day by geese. That way, when you do have to defend yourself, you have the track record that you tried to get help first.
BTY, if you really want payback, get your Idaho hunting license by the fall, I know of a really good wheel chair accesible goose/duck blind out near Parma.
These aren't your normal wild migrating geese. These are hardened inner city criminal geese. Boise has what is essentially one big park through the center of it called the "Green Belt" For too many years, well minded but very dumb city people have fed the dumb things and they have become dependant on people to live. The geese in question no longer migrate and number in the thousands. The City has no will to remove them becuase the vocal, feel gooders think they are protecting the wild life by keeping them here. They have big sings on all the trees telling people not to feed the geese but they never enforce it and idiots will litterally lean on the sign while tossing bread. They do cause traffic issues not too mention safety and health problems. For the life of me I can not figure it out, the city even put up goose crossing signs to warn people.
The park areas are so large you could safely let hunters shoot them but the hippie, tree hugging, liberals would never allow it. It is more humane to let them starve and freeze in the winter, like I said, I don't get it.
Do not, I say again, DO NOT try to feed it and make friends, you will be swarmed and being in a wheel chair, not have a speedy means of escape. What they are doing is nesting and establishing territory for mating and young rearing. In another couple of months will will see goslings every where "And aren't they so darn cute..."
I would probably do the cane or pepper spray thing but only after you have made several recorded calls to Parks and Rec, Humane Society, City Hall, and even BPD. Tell them you are wheel chair bound and are attacked every day by geese. That way, when you do have to defend yourself, you have the track record that you tried to get help first.
BTY, if you really want payback, get your Idaho hunting license by the fall, I know of a really good wheel chair accesible goose/duck blind out near Parma.
230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
Well, I don't know. Seems like anything one can do about pesky critters is considered either cruel or illegal.
With air horns, you are probably breaking noise ordinances.
With noxious sprays you run afoul of cruelty charges.
And holy cow... spiced bread.... Jeeze!
Same with canes, batons, whatever --hunting without a license... on the ground... without a proper, legal waterfowling piece...
Too bad you can't leap out of your wheelchair and counter-attack, as Brother In Arms suggests.
There's a thread running on THR about the bird lover facing felony charges for shooting feral cats which were hunting birds of an endangered species. (There's a qwestion on that thread as to whether the cats were really "feral" or not.)
I'm not exactly an animal-rights nut, but I do believe in minimizing animal suffering where possible.
On the other hand, I believe in animal control where necessary.
I look back on when I was semi-professionally clearing out Prairie Rats for the local farmers, and I abhor the present extensive use of aluminum phosphide for Prairie Dog control.
At least when I put them down with my .223, they died instantly and painlessly. One second they are looking around at the blue sky and pretty clouds. The next instant there's nothing.
As opposed to suffering through the effects of the phosphide poison before they die.
And lately it seems like the animal rights trump the human rights.
What about your right to roll through the park without being attacked by a goose? What about another's right to walk through the park without slipping on goose poo?
And what about my right to get a decent day's sleep without magpies screaming outside my bedroom window? And a gardener's right to keep squirrels out of his patch of earth?
Seems our society has lost its sense of balance.
After all, do we not have dominion over the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea and the animals that walk the earth? I believe that authority was granted to us about 4000 years ago in some document or another which I can't remember or cite right now.
Am I right?
With air horns, you are probably breaking noise ordinances.
With noxious sprays you run afoul of cruelty charges.
And holy cow... spiced bread.... Jeeze!
Same with canes, batons, whatever --hunting without a license... on the ground... without a proper, legal waterfowling piece...
Too bad you can't leap out of your wheelchair and counter-attack, as Brother In Arms suggests.
There's a thread running on THR about the bird lover facing felony charges for shooting feral cats which were hunting birds of an endangered species. (There's a qwestion on that thread as to whether the cats were really "feral" or not.)
I'm not exactly an animal-rights nut, but I do believe in minimizing animal suffering where possible.
On the other hand, I believe in animal control where necessary.
I look back on when I was semi-professionally clearing out Prairie Rats for the local farmers, and I abhor the present extensive use of aluminum phosphide for Prairie Dog control.
At least when I put them down with my .223, they died instantly and painlessly. One second they are looking around at the blue sky and pretty clouds. The next instant there's nothing.
As opposed to suffering through the effects of the phosphide poison before they die.
And lately it seems like the animal rights trump the human rights.
What about your right to roll through the park without being attacked by a goose? What about another's right to walk through the park without slipping on goose poo?
And what about my right to get a decent day's sleep without magpies screaming outside my bedroom window? And a gardener's right to keep squirrels out of his patch of earth?
Seems our society has lost its sense of balance.
After all, do we not have dominion over the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea and the animals that walk the earth? I believe that authority was granted to us about 4000 years ago in some document or another which I can't remember or cite right now.
Am I right?
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