We live on a private natural lake in northern Michigan and the geese bring their young to graze on the nice lawns and you know what they leave behind. My neighbor visits his cottage occasionally and when he does he brings his dog. When he's here the geese never come near. It takes several days after he leaves before they return. We don't want a dog so I have to discover something that's not annoying to the neighbors and also doesn't make the beach look stupid. Our power company has a decoy owl that makes owl sounds about every 15 minutes and that keeps the seagulls away. Anyway, thanks for the video.
The string definitely works to keep them off your grass. I've used string but it breaks all the time, so now I use orange twine. I found you don't want it at neck level, you want it about 12-16 inches off the ground. If it's at their neck level but higher than their body they will go under it. Sometimes I run two lines of twine at different heights. That's a permanent solution for me, it works every day, but if your yard is too big they will just fly in, unless they have babies, then they won't fly in.
Thanks for the feedback - I have a couple of new tricks that are working very well for me since I made this video. I will be launching them in the near future on weeders digest dot com OR you could give me a call at 763 5 5 1 one 4 4 1 in a few weeks - Bruce
@@weedersdigest I'd like to know what they are because I can keep them off my grass with the twine, but I have a pontoon swim dock I anchor about 20ft away from my main dock and last year the geese figured out that's a great spot to bed down every night. They never used to get up on the dock, now they do. So if I slip up even one night and let them be, the dock is covered in crap and I have to go out and pull the anchors and bring it in to pressure wash. I ordered a green laser so at least I can scare them off my floating dock from my deck. I also have a Daisy CO2 BB gun I use...not to shoot them, but if you fire it into the air with no BBs in it, it's loud enough that it scares them off instantly without annoying the neighbors like a horn would. I was looking at getting a fake coyote to put at the end of my shore dock hoping that would scare them from getting onto my pontoon dock, but it doesn't look like those work. The other problem is we have blue herons and bald eagles coming in so I don't want to scare those birds away. Every couple years WDFW comes in and euthanizes most of the geese. Such a waste. I wish they allowed us to shoot them with shotguns on my lake and I'd make jalapeno goose sausage.
I love geese as being an amazing bird but they are extremely messy!! So much poop, flies, the smell ect. It's aweful. I use a laser to chase them away but I'm not always there to scare them away. Do you think bear urine would work?
I've tried so many things it's unbelievable but the latest temporary fix is a big RC monster truck- no more chasing them around in circles(they think you're playing tag with them) & mine has blue led lights that help scare them as well. They're hard-headed & come back from the lake to my yard but the RC truck is getting on their nerves I can tell.
In most places chasing them with anything is harassing wildlife! sucks but you invited them with that nice green lawn so either change that or live with geese ....
We have foxes, but they are not around in the Winter, so geece come back. As soon as it warms up the foxes come back and the geece are gone till winter.
I have used cardboard cut outs of dogs that swivel- that didn't work. Sprayed the dogs with a repellent- that didn't work. What are your thoughts about an electric fence. We have 460' of shoreline that is not straight by weaves in the out. The geese do not spend the night in the water by our shoreline so the light wouldn't work. I even honk my car horn- hardly works. Suggestions?
If you're going to resort to more aggressive measures and do what the above commenter said and "shoot" them, I would invest in a cheap non-lethal semi-auto or (fully automatic) airsoft gun off of Amazon. Airsoft guns are sort of like paintball guns, in that they resemble toys more than actual firearms, and generally run off of batteries. They are called "AEGs" and shoot small plastic bb's that are 6mm in diameter. You can even find bb's online that are biodegradable, that naturally fall apart and basically "melt" into your yard after a few rain storms. I'll probably get flack for this, but in the past I've found this method incredibly effective as it is more humane than shooting them with a metal bb or pellet rifle that will likely injure or kill them. The harmless plastic bb's from an airsoft gun bounce right off, but are unpleasant enough to scare the geese away (it feels like someone pinching your skin suddenly and out of nowhere). Generally if you tag one or two of them, they all become spooked because they have no idea where it came from, and they quickly learn to avoid the area. They aren't smart enough to figure out what exactly they keep getting "stung" by, but they are smart enough to learn that it only happens when they are in a particular area (i.e. your yard) and thus, stay away. Whatever you do be careful not to intentionally try to kill or injure any geese no matter how badly you want them off of your property, as they ARE protected by Federal law under the Migratory Bird Act. If I'm not mistaken, intentionally shooting them with a real firearm outside of a regulated hunting season and without a hunting license is considered to be poaching at best, and a Federal Offense at worst. Good luck.
@@Danmouranth Shooting migratory birds out of season , I think the fine for that is 10 grand you'd be violating an international treaty . I'm no animal right nut , but you invited the geese with that nice green lawn so either change that or live with the geese
One thing that works, albeit temporarily, is a green laser. I bought an 80mW laser for about $60 from Amazon and it scares away the geese mostly in the evenings and on dark, overcast days. Does not work on bright, sunny days though. The best sound is when the calls of a bunch of geese increase in intensity and frequency - it means they're going to take wing.
I totally agree. I love utube instructional videos but the point you just made is my sentiments exactly. Why do all these people love to hear themselves speak 🙄
My golf course entered a competition for a 20,000 $ geese chasing dog and unfortunately we lost so my job title was changed to security not for humans but for geese... all I can say not is that damn I am in good shape now
Last year a bird crapped on my newly washed and waxed Mustang convertible so the next day I made a plate of scrambled eggs and ate them in the middle of the front yard just to show the birds what I am capable of.
I have 2 water loving dogs that chase them into the water but In the water they form an alliance and surround the dogs and attack together. They have no fear of dogs especially a group of them
I assume u have a fence and proper landscaping by the lake to keep them out. You can’t touch eggs without federal a permit. Invite geese to eat on your lawn then harass them? Plz folks do the right thing for wildlife this is their home. Fence them out they rarely fly in with a short $2 foot cheap fence. You can’t legally harm them of course.
I have one on my shoreline right now too. Not sure if its helping much - been there about 2 months. Worked for a about 2 weeks. Moved it to a new location and its now working there. Geese are skidish for a short time till they figure it out. I just use a lot of different tools and in the end, I seem to be winning.
What pisses me off is people that slam on their brakes in front of me to avoid geese walking in front of them. Yeah, let's cause a pileup to save a stupid goose!
It’s bullshit? It’s not bullshit when you have a 50 million dollar championship golf course that holds world championships every year and your expected to to keep everything at 5star quality and 300 Canadian geese cause thousands in damage in the course of 1 day
We live on a private natural lake in northern Michigan and the geese bring their young to graze on the nice lawns and you know what they leave behind. My neighbor visits his cottage occasionally and when he does he brings his dog. When he's here the geese never come near. It takes several days after he leaves before they return. We don't want a dog so I have to discover something that's not annoying to the neighbors and also doesn't make the beach look stupid. Our power company has a decoy owl that makes owl sounds about every 15 minutes and that keeps the seagulls away. Anyway, thanks for the video.
Try a lazer pointer, works well
not during the day with bright sunshine, but works great early morning or evening
The string definitely works to keep them off your grass. I've used string but it breaks all the time, so now I use orange twine. I found you don't want it at neck level, you want it about 12-16 inches off the ground. If it's at their neck level but higher than their body they will go under it. Sometimes I run two lines of twine at different heights. That's a permanent solution for me, it works every day, but if your yard is too big they will just fly in, unless they have babies, then they won't fly in.
Thanks for the feedback - I have a couple of new tricks that are working very well for me since I made this video. I will be launching them in the near future on weeders digest dot com OR you could give me a call at 763 5 5 1 one 4 4 1 in a few weeks - Bruce
@@weedersdigest I'd like to know what they are because I can keep them off my grass with the twine, but I have a pontoon swim dock I anchor about 20ft away from my main dock and last year the geese figured out that's a great spot to bed down every night. They never used to get up on the dock, now they do. So if I slip up even one night and let them be, the dock is covered in crap and I have to go out and pull the anchors and bring it in to pressure wash.
I ordered a green laser so at least I can scare them off my floating dock from my deck. I also have a Daisy CO2 BB gun I use...not to shoot them, but if you fire it into the air with no BBs in it, it's loud enough that it scares them off instantly without annoying the neighbors like a horn would. I was looking at getting a fake coyote to put at the end of my shore dock hoping that would scare them from getting onto my pontoon dock, but it doesn't look like those work. The other problem is we have blue herons and bald eagles coming in so I don't want to scare those birds away. Every couple years WDFW comes in and euthanizes most of the geese. Such a waste. I wish they allowed us to shoot them with shotguns on my lake and I'd make jalapeno goose sausage.
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I love geese as being an amazing bird but they are extremely messy!! So much poop, flies, the smell ect. It's aweful. I use a laser to chase them away but I'm not always there to scare them away. Do you think bear urine would work?
I've tried so many things it's unbelievable but the latest temporary fix is a big RC monster truck- no more chasing them around in circles(they think you're playing tag with them) & mine has blue led lights that help scare them as well. They're hard-headed & come back from the lake to my yard but the RC truck is getting on their nerves I can tell.
I use a boat, but of course they learned to just run for Land. So I am thinking HOVERCRAFT maybe?
In most places chasing them with anything is harassing wildlife! sucks but you invited them with that nice green lawn so either change that or live with geese ....
@@randym7961 May you step in goose poop.
Do Canada geese taste bad ?
Can anyone point me to how to buy the infrared sprinkler? thanks
Sir, did you see them land on land?
We have foxes, but they are not around in the Winter, so geece come back. As soon as it warms up the foxes come back and the geece are gone till winter.
Green laser, motion detector spray cannons & I seen someone use a floating alligator head lol, looks real enough to keep them away.
I have used cardboard cut outs of dogs that swivel- that didn't work. Sprayed the dogs with a repellent- that didn't work. What are your thoughts about an electric fence. We have 460' of shoreline that is not straight by weaves in the out. The geese do not spend the night in the water by our shoreline so the light wouldn't work. I even honk my car horn- hardly works. Suggestions?
If you're going to resort to more aggressive measures and do what the above commenter said and "shoot" them, I would invest in a cheap non-lethal semi-auto or (fully automatic) airsoft gun off of Amazon. Airsoft guns are sort of like paintball guns, in that they resemble toys more than actual firearms, and generally run off of batteries. They are called "AEGs" and shoot small plastic bb's that are 6mm in diameter. You can even find bb's online that are biodegradable, that naturally fall apart and basically "melt" into your yard after a few rain storms. I'll probably get flack for this, but in the past I've found this method incredibly effective as it is more humane than shooting them with a metal bb or pellet rifle that will likely injure or kill them. The harmless plastic bb's from an airsoft gun bounce right off, but are unpleasant enough to scare the geese away (it feels like someone pinching your skin suddenly and out of nowhere). Generally if you tag one or two of them, they all become spooked because they have no idea where it came from, and they quickly learn to avoid the area. They aren't smart enough to figure out what exactly they keep getting "stung" by, but they are smart enough to learn that it only happens when they are in a particular area (i.e. your yard) and thus, stay away. Whatever you do be careful not to intentionally try to kill or injure any geese no matter how badly you want them off of your property, as they ARE protected by Federal law under the Migratory Bird Act. If I'm not mistaken, intentionally shooting them with a real firearm outside of a regulated hunting season and without a hunting license is considered to be poaching at best, and a Federal Offense at worst. Good luck.
@@Danmouranth Shooting migratory birds out of season , I think the fine for that is 10 grand you'd be violating an international treaty . I'm no animal right nut , but you invited the geese with that nice green lawn so either change that or live with the geese
Sounds like a dog would be the best investment.
One thing that works, albeit temporarily, is a green laser. I bought an 80mW laser for about $60 from Amazon and it scares away the geese mostly in the evenings and on dark, overcast days. Does not work on bright, sunny days though. The best sound is when the calls of a bunch of geese increase in intensity and frequency - it means they're going to take wing.
I just started doing this. IT WORKS!!!! Don't shine it on them or in their eyes, shine ti in their line of sight. It sends them running/flying away.
Very nice 👍
to the point sir.......as in get to it!
I totally agree. I love utube instructional videos but the point you just made is my sentiments exactly. Why do all these people love to hear themselves speak 🙄
My golf course entered a competition for a 20,000 $ geese chasing dog and unfortunately we lost so my job title was changed to security not for humans but for geese... all I can say not is that damn I am in good shape now
Made me 😃 TY
can I get a link for the bird that looks like it is flying
We have this option instead: weedersdigest.com/goose-control-beacon-do-away-with-geese/
Use a red laser they really freak out especially at night
Last year a bird crapped on my newly washed and waxed Mustang convertible so the next day I made a plate of scrambled eggs and ate them in the middle of the front yard just to show the birds what I am capable of.
Green Laser Pointer
Wood coyote holding a black plastic bag...
Get a dog to chase them!
A trained dog to chase geese can cost you about 20,000 $
I have 2 water loving dogs that chase them into the water but In the water they form an alliance and surround the dogs and attack together. They have no fear of dogs especially a group of them
You have to obtain a federal license to do anything to a goose egg.
I assume u have a fence and proper landscaping by the lake to keep them out. You can’t touch eggs without federal a permit. Invite geese to eat on your lawn then harass them? Plz folks do the right thing for wildlife this is their home. Fence them out they rarely fly in with a short $2 foot cheap fence. You can’t legally harm them of course.
I bought a fake owl. The geese enjoyed sitting around it and crapping near it. Don’t bother!
I have one on my shoreline right now too. Not sure if its helping much - been there about 2 months. Worked for a about 2 weeks. Moved it to a new location and its now working there. Geese are skidish for a short time till they figure it out. I just use a lot of different tools and in the end, I seem to be winning.
You have to move it around every few days or the birds catch on.
What pisses me off is people that slam on their brakes in front of me to avoid geese walking in front of them. Yeah, let's cause a pileup to save a stupid goose!
True dat
But two swans.... Problem solved
Shotgun
Indiana Law you cannot touch the nest
To mess with a goose nest in American is illegal btw unless you have a permit under the migratory bird treaty act
That's annoying but understandable
It's bullshit, i have 4 of them in my pond, they enjoy it, in fact, they're staying.
It’s bullshit? It’s not bullshit when you have a 50 million dollar championship golf course that holds world championships every year and your expected to to keep everything at 5star quality and 300 Canadian geese cause thousands in damage in the course of 1 day
It's actually goose shit not bull that's the problem. I'd rather smell bullshit
Also idk just let wildlife be since maybe you are living in their yard 🤷🏽♂️ I know it’s annoying but it’s just a thought
That’s horrible! No have no right to destroy these lives! So selfish… this is their land! 😡
Then they can pay the property tax. It’s not healthy for people to have them on their lawn
Ill send them to your house. We now have 26.
You would kill a baby but don't want to kill a geese?
We are about 50 lbs of goose crap in for the summer, I'll drop it off at your house.