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65 days - They have come back

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:46 pm
by sondance
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.

Re: It's been 8 days

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 9:13 pm
by DuckBoat
Yes very interesting. Let us know what they do.

Re: It's been 8 days

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:13 pm
by SB
I thought you were going to say it has been 8 days since anyone posted on the site.

Hope your geese problem is solved. At least you have had an 8 day reprieve.

Re: It's been 8 days

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 6:17 am
by DoublePslayer
I bet that was something to see. Feathers everywhere. :D

Re: It's been 8 days

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:58 pm
by LODI QUACKER
Golf club..... I mean, yeah keep us updated on the results. Interesting for sure. Club the eggs, they leave. Highly illegal. but works.

Re: It's been 8 days

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 7:42 pm
by sondance
Day 13. Not a goose in the yard. Those suckers have a much better memory than I imagined. My neighbor even feeds some of those Asian geese that showed up from somewhere a few years ago and they are steering clear. I gues word got out.

Re: It's been 13 days now

Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2019 6:13 am
by 1010
Not sure when molting starts but I haven't been seeing them at the lake like I was..

The USDA cleans house..

Re: It's been 13 days now

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 12:19 pm
by peewee
I hate them nasty things. All they do is go around and crap.

Re: It's been 13 days now

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:57 am
by donia

Re: It's been 13 days now

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:05 am
by peewee

Re: It's been 13 days now

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:47 am
by eSJay
Do y’all remember the guy that got tatted out by his neighbor for grilling some gooslings?
Loved his quote as he left the courthouse! :lol:

"I ran afoul of the law and laid a huge egg," Gunn said as he left the courthouse on Wednesday. "I have received a gaggle of problems as a result, and I am just glad this wild goose chase is behind us now."

https://www.wlbt.com/story/8649393/fmr-state-senator-fined-for-killing-goslings/

Re: It's been 13 days now

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:22 pm
by Wildfowler
They are nasty birds. Look at this filth. Dead patches of grass, crap and feathers everywhere.

Right here in Madison.

Re: It's been 13 days now

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 5:45 pm
by stang67
Not trying to defend any dirty gooses, but that shade tree might have something to do with your problem Wildfowler.

Re: It's been 13 days now

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 5:46 pm
by stang67

Re: It's been 13 days now

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 5:55 pm
by Wildfowler
Oh It’s not my problem, that’s the hotel in Madison by the Home Depot.

I knew this was being discussed here and when I saw the condition of that yard I just could not resist taking a photo. There are dead patches of grass that whole yard down there, not just in the one frame of the photo.

Had to throw my shoes away also.

Haha