65 days - They have come back
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:46 pm
I've always wondered how smart waterfowl are. They seem smart when I'm trying to hunt them but do they really have a memory?
I like many am cursed with local Canada geese. For some reason they love my yard more than my neighbors. It's like the goose chic filet. I also have a really fast well bred dog. It's in his DNA to hate anything that flys, quacks and swims. To these canada geese' credit, they have been smart enough to figure out where the underground dog fence is so the dog chases them and they waddle to the other side and he pulls up. Well one of them didn't waddle fast enough 8 days ago and my dog got him. I couldn't get mad at the dog, that's what he is bred to do. But the goose tried to fight him and the dog did what dogs do in front of all his goose brothers and sisters. Now here is where it gets interesting, there has not been a goose in my yard for 8 days. They don't even come close to it. Prior to this they were so bold you literally would have to blow the horn of your car to get them to move out of the street. I am going to try and keep up with how long it takes them to come back in the yard. It'll be interesting to see if they forget. Hopefully they don't but if they don't it'll provide an idea how long they remember some of the tricks we as hunters try and pull on them during the season.
Geese still haven't come back. They don't even come near my yard now.
I like many am cursed with local Canada geese. For some reason they love my yard more than my neighbors. It's like the goose chic filet. I also have a really fast well bred dog. It's in his DNA to hate anything that flys, quacks and swims. To these canada geese' credit, they have been smart enough to figure out where the underground dog fence is so the dog chases them and they waddle to the other side and he pulls up. Well one of them didn't waddle fast enough 8 days ago and my dog got him. I couldn't get mad at the dog, that's what he is bred to do. But the goose tried to fight him and the dog did what dogs do in front of all his goose brothers and sisters. Now here is where it gets interesting, there has not been a goose in my yard for 8 days. They don't even come close to it. Prior to this they were so bold you literally would have to blow the horn of your car to get them to move out of the street. I am going to try and keep up with how long it takes them to come back in the yard. It'll be interesting to see if they forget. Hopefully they don't but if they don't it'll provide an idea how long they remember some of the tricks we as hunters try and pull on them during the season.
Geese still haven't come back. They don't even come near my yard now.