(NJ) Homeowner under fire for shooting at geese with a BB gun

[EOD Guy]

Not to start an argument about where these folks live but I read:


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Charles Clarke and his wife, Nancy, live in West New York hard by the Hudson River, and they regard themselves as friends to the neighborhood birds -- gulls and cormorants, mostly. Plus, they provide a good home for an Amazon parrot.

Clarke, who is 75, is a retired public relations consultant. Eight years ago, the Clarkes bought a vacation home in Birchwood Lakes, a gated community in Dingman's Ferry, which is right across the Delaware River from the northwest corner of Sussex County.

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So, where do these people live, NY state or PA?

GT

West New York is a town in New Jersey. The Zip Code is 07093.

 

[Nathaniel Firethorn]

They live in NJ, but the events in question happened at their vacation home in PA.

(Heck, if I had a vacation home in PA, I'd have a PA driver's license! )

- pdmoderator

 

[Hawkman]

When Canada geese nested on the small pond in our neighborhood two years ago we thought it was cute. Now the (expletive deleteds) are here year round and you can't walk around the pond for the goose poop. Plus, they chase kids, etc. etc.

BB gun sounds good to me!

 

[TheeBadOne]

Hawkman is reflecting what I said. If you haven't had geese you have no idea of the mess they make. A virtual landfill of dung in the area they hang out. I still say a dog to chase them could be usefull in some situations.

 

[gun-fucious]

My buddy the farmer has his dogs run off the geese when ever they show up,
the parasites they carry get into his cows.

Here in MD we now have non migratory geese that have set up shop in the highway medians

We need coyotes!

 

[STW]

I've an 80 year old aunt that keeps a slingshot and a bag of marbles handy for the neighborhood pests. Her yard stays remarkedly clear.

 

[dinosaur]

Dingbat`s Ferry, Marshall`s Creek etc. are loaded with NYC, Philly and Jerseyites. The screech ninny is probably from one of those places.

What annoys me is the local Weather talkingheads say I live in the Poconos. Not!

 

[Jon B]

No, it doesn't. Compressed air is not an "explosion." IMHO it would have been worth it.

This kind of garbage is just another reason to make me glad I was smart enough to deliberately avoid buying a home where there's a homeowner's association. I'd probably get in more trouble - if caught! - by doing something against the rules involving the snitch across the lake and the members of the Resolutions Committee.

Compressed air is not an explosive force until released abruptly. As in the case of air guns.

 

[Jon B]

The demon Geese love our favorite grass in our lawns. Even more so if we use nice fertilizers.

There is nice lawn grass and fertilizer that geese do not like at all.
Shoot that into your yard and the geese will be encouraged to go to the complaining neighbor's yard.

Jon

 

[bushmaster1313]

Do dem geese make good eatin?

 

[JellyJar]

I don't hunt so perhaps I don't know what I am saying but perhaps there shouldn't be any bag limits for Canada Geese for the next few seasons.

I live in North Alabama and there are a lot around here. Some stay year round!

 

[wishin]

I live on a lake and we have a geese problem, as I believe all lakes do to a varying degree. All it takes is to shout as you walk towards them and they start to amble away into the water. I'll usually leave them alone when the goslings show up in May, but once they're grown they get chased away along with their parents, friends, uncles and cousins. BTW, if they nest in your yard, the progeny come back there to nest just like salmon do.

 

[627PCFan]

Easy solution. Fishing line stretched in a grid pattern of 5 foot squares suspended on poles across their landing area. They will either get wrapped up and hang themselves or decide landing is too tricky and go somewhere else. Usually if result 1 occurs a few times they take note. Nothing like making a couple of examples.

 

[Colonel]

Two words: Punt gun.

That is, unless you like having your yard covered with molybdenum grease!

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Another reason I will never buy any thing within a HOA. HOA are unamerican.

 

[NMGonzo]

Bow and arrow.

Or a pet alligator.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

"If you fire your BB gun from inside the house, back from the window, in the shadows,".............

 

[BeerSleeper]

This is nothing that couldn't be solved with a night watch, night vision goggles, a suppressed .22, and subsonic ammo. Don't be a Democrat, take initiative and solve your own problems.
Happy Hunting, and someone needs to win an award for thread revival.

 

[yeti]

someone needs to win an award for thread revival.

It's like the Canada Geese, some things just never go away.

 

[mgkdrgn]

Die Zombie thread, die!

 

[FLAvalanche]

"There has been consideration for creating a Canadian Goose season in PA."

Canadian Goose?

How do you tell? Do you have to ask for their passport before shooting them?

I thought Pennsylvania already had a goose season.

14 years ago when I was with the paper I wrote an article about Canada Geese and the problems they were causing.

They're the ones that go "HONK....eh!".

 

[Guns and more]

It's what happens when you give petty people a bit of power.
And why we should never let the PC crowd have any power. They will never stop.

 

[Art Eatman]

Ah, necrothreadia...