I know it is a result of the banning of DDT, but I can recall as a kid watching inn wonder each fall as teh flocks flew south towards the Chesapeake. I awaited their return int the spring, again flying in the beautiful V formation overhead on their way back to the northern climes.....
now the filthy bastards are everywhere year round.
I have never had goose or duck. I have had wild turkey, pheasant, and grouse. All were delicious. But I have heard goose is oily and gamey.
Still, I think they are wasting the meat. Even it can't be used for feeding those in need they could at least use the meat to feed the dogs that chase them off or to feed animals at the friggin' local zoo?
How easy was that?
I remember them fondly also, my Grandfather would marvel at them in thier V formation honking along over the Chesapeak Bay looking for winter cornfields. It was a sign of winter, like clockwork.
They've never bothered me on runs.
I dont know why they dont have any natural predators like Fox, Hawks, etc.
They could be used for dog and cat food?
so I was at princeton this past weekend running on the tow path. i was running with artie and two girls on the cornell team.
the damn geese were all over the place. as we run up to one of the families (you can't avoid the things), one goose was getting his feathers all in a bunch and being quite aggressive. note: it's not often you can use that phrase literally.
and then the thing runs at us, takes flight, and goes after my head from the side with its talons (ok, maybe they're not talons) gleaming in the morning sun.
heart racing (and everyone around me screaming), I did what any self-respecting man would do.
i punched the sh*t out of that flying goose, right in the center of its breast. goose - stunned - falls to the ground. emory - shocked and screaming like an animal - continues his run feeling like a combat hero.
man 1
goose 0
it was like fight club with a water fowl.
You did eat it raw didn't you? Like GU on the run?
korviev wrote:
While we are at it, can the Canadians take their stupid quarters back too?
Yeah, stupid Mark Rypien.
My Stepmom once had a goose start harassing her the moment she stepped out of her car at work. She took care of it by turning her mug of hot tea upside down on its face! Apparently they don't like that and throw honking, flapping fits! But they didn't bother her anymore!
Stepmom's can be mean! Don't mess with them.
Wagman 3000 wrote:
My Stepmom once had a goose start harassing her the moment she stepped out of her car at work. She took care of it by turning her mug of hot tea upside down on its face! Apparently they don't like that and throw honking, flapping fits! But they didn't bother her anymore!
You rock! Totally!
I was running on a golf course near my mother-in-law's place and a group of them that came at me and I was cornered on yje edge of a pond. Problem is that I'm the first one that they saw that wasn't carring clubs, so they thought I was vulnerable.
I had one other problem, I was in Canada at the time and remembered I am only a visitor. But I kicked one and the others scammered away.
Hate em, here or there...
One time my brother and I were having a baseball catch. We noticed a pair of geese walking around about 50 meters away. My brother took a baseball and tried to hit one, but he missed. Then he threw another baseball, and hit in square in the head. The goose flopped to the ground, and started honking for about 10 minutes. Its mate came over and stood over it like it was mourning for its dieing spouse. My brother and I didn't want to get in trouble, so we walked away and watched from a distance as the goose died. Eventually a man with a milk crate came over, put it in the crate, and walked away.
Get yourself a hunting license and a good dog.
Gallery wrote:
One time my brother and I were having a baseball catch. We noticed a pair of geese walking around about 50 meters away. My brother took a baseball and tried to hit one, but he missed. Then he threw another baseball, and hit in square in the head. The goose flopped to the ground, and started honking for about 10 minutes. Its mate came over and stood over it like it was mourning for its dieing spouse. My brother and I didn't want to get in trouble, so we walked away and watched from a distance as the goose died. Eventually a man with a milk crate came over, put it in the crate, and walked away.
You guys are sooooo awesome!
These geese have taken over the C&O canal towpath in DC. They hiss at me whenever I run by because they think I'm threatening their goslings. Sometimes I can get them to move by clapping my hands loudly as I approach but other times this doesn't work. Occasionally, there are so many that I have to find a stick to keep them at bay while I navigate my way through them. If they weren't on Nat'l Park land, I would take matters into my own hands and take them out.
They stay in Texas all year. I think the ones in Indianapolis were meaner though. I run mostly on trails, so usually at parks, near water. I accept the fact that this is as close as possible to what's left of their natural territory. It's not really the geese that piss me off. It's the people with their kids who feed them bread, cake, cookies and whatever the heck else all day. So why wouldn't they stay and breed? Why do they chase after people and attack cars? hmm
txRUNNERgirl wrote:
It's the people with their kids who feed them bread, cake, cookies and whatever the heck else all day. So why wouldn't they stay and breed? Why do they chase after people and attack cars? hmm
*I'm talking about the geese, not the kids. Although both could apply in some cases.
Noob wrote:
You know what else banning DDT has increased the population of? Malaria carrying mosquitos. How many hundreds of thousands of people have died from a disease that DDT could have helped prevent?
Surprise, suprise...DDT is still used in many parts of the world to control mosquitos. Instead of wholesale spraying of it onto agricultural fields, it is sprayed in and around homes.