Thread: STUFF ;CANADA GEESE

quite extensive article on this website complaining about how big a PIA the canadas are with their saturation bombing &scoffing of cockies feed paddocks /public parks ,leaving of course screeds of their turds as a visiting card . we are well aware of high country framers loathing of them but now its local govt whining.

Of interest one of the causes hinted at was the prevalent anti gun attitude and loathing of shooting close inhabited spaces ,citing an example of where shotgun pellets peppered a house and IIRC a.22round went through a window during a LG contractors attempt to cull some .

That reporter should be charged for heretical statements even mentioning big black guns-be still my beating heart -fetch me another gin please beatrice,theres a good lass!

reading between the lines one got the impression its a thinly veiled plea for the infamous green lollies to be released on the birds -god help us all .

F&G"not our problem since Nats Min of enviroment Kate Wilkinson changed their status to pests"

Recently in CHCH a mob were culled by use of lethal injection???????? bloody expensive option id say .Egg pricking has also been carried out .

if its anything like possums ,deer ,that chamios ,etcetcetc 0-scorecard will always read Animals 1humans 0

Originally Posted by kotuku

quite extensive article on this website complaining about how big a PIA the canadas are with their saturation bombing &scoffing of cockies feed paddocks /public parks ,leaving of course screeds of their turds as a visiting card . we are well aware of high country framers loathing of them but now its local govt whining.

Of interest one of the causes hinted at was the prevalent anti gun attitude and loathing of shooting close inhabited spaces ,citing an example of where shotgun pellets peppered a house and IIRC a.22round went through a window during a LG contractors attempt to cull some .

That reporter should be charged for heretical statements even mentioning big black guns-be still my beating heart -fetch me another gin please beatrice,theres a good lass!

reading between the lines one got the impression its a thinly veiled plea for the infamous green lollies to be released on the birds -god help us all .

F&G"not our problem since Nats Min of enviroment Kate Wilkinson changed their status to pests"

Recently in CHCH a mob were culled by use of lethal injection???????? bloody expensive option id say .Egg pricking has also been carried out .

if its anything like possums ,deer ,that chamios ,etcetcetc 0-scorecard will always read Animals 1humans 0

Well if you shot straighter, there'd be less of a problem....

Ya need to get out more and make a dent in the population.

control of introduced animals and birds has always been a contentious issue in NZ - some see Canadas as a winged marvel wonderous to see - some see them as a dirty great big feed scoffing pasture fouling flying rat - the fact is without any natural predation in NZ the numbers need to be controlled - lethal injection will probably apply to an egg pricking injection has been used for years - green lollies no I seriously doubt that - just to difficult to actually use on something like a canadian goose - one would need to get them taking some kind of preefeed first - just frought with problems - non target take would be a serious issue - my thoughts are with the farmers who have a flock of 300 land in their saved pasture - no get out and shoot - and besides they are not half bad eating - like hedgehogs mustelids cats possums rats and child biting dogs all need the bullet cure and we cannot be squeamish

The canada geese around our area are well overdue for a culling. I can get to within 2m of a feeding flock at the moment and with a net I think I could get 10+ in a throw but of course there would be public that would see netting as causing undue stress to the animals. I'd buy a PCP to have a go at them if it was allowed(there are a couple of spots with good backstops where the geese could be shot from cover).

The ground around the kids playground where we are is a mine field of goose crap as are all of the paths and on a busy day I'd estimate close to 150 geese on the 4 ponds/grassy flats in the area. Our local council(KCDC) has a management plan but is not following it.

Hugh Shields(who seems to be currently banned from the forum) was doing some private culling in the area but without a large scale effort I doubt any one person would make a dent in the population. Here is a link to a thread where he posted a chat with the local wireless https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....ontrol-108383/

Unsure if there is an answer to controlling the CG population but the seemingly nothing being done now isn't working in our area.

what is stopping you using a PCP on them legally they have no protection so can be shot with a 458 magnum if thats ya thing - is it because of the land tenure /public place issue - that can sometimes be got around with carefull planning robust safety plan and the Council onside - give it a go with some mates -

Punt guns, drones with recoilless shotguns, decoys with a claymore in, fougasse net cannons. Ok May not be practical everywhere but worth a try surely

cant just have people shoot and eat them...

have to spend millions to the poison gravy train and associated "conservationists"

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Punt guns, drones with recoilless shotguns, decoys with a claymore in, fougasse net cannons. Ok May not be practical everywhere but worth a try surely

now ya being silly but I like ya thinking - floating load of gelignite possibility there

Perhaps we could spend millions playing them recordings of Whale songs with subliminal messages that toilet train them?

well many years ago at Kaitaia I had to listen to a 1080 protester rabbiting on about getting huge speakers out in the bush which blasted sonic waves which drove the possums out of the scrub - we pointed out what about our native bird life - I had visions of bald fantails flying out screaming turn that f*&%# g thing off - another protester who had smoked way to much of his own homegrown product tried seriously to get finance from DOC to invest in a natural cure for possums - this involved grinding up various parts of possums and then spreading it thru the bush - thus possums would then emerge out onto the farmland to escape the smell where they could be caught - he was actually serious and put in local paper how disappointed he was that he could not get funding - apparently the idea had been around for a while and originated from America ( where else) - the real problem with these nutters is that some people actually believe them

Yep, there are in plague numbers around where I live and very used to human presence, I reckon I could safely shoot 100s of them were it legal.
They are my protein backstop should the apocalypse happen and supply chains fail but that's another story

Originally Posted by imaca

Yep, there are in plague numbers around where I live and very used to human presence, I reckon I could safely shoot 100s of them were it legal.
They are my protein backstop should the apocalypse happen and supply chains fail but that's another story

ha ha I know what you mean I have my eye on the big fat lab down the road and he comes up for a pat even better easy protein

The sky went dark with the buggers when we jet boated up the Wanganui river deltas just north of Harihari. They really need a multiprong approach from half a dozen shooting teams a km apart with walkie talkie comms and bucketloads of 3 inch #2's.

Originally Posted by oraki

Well if you shot straighter, there'd be less of a problem....

Ya need to get out more and make a dent in the population.

i regularly do my bit -can the same be said for you or are you taking the piss?????

Originally Posted by kotuku

i regularly do my bit -can the same be said for you or are you taking the piss?????

I would interpret it as a lighthearted comment. Not many people just spew vitriol for no good reason.