Thread: STUFF ;CANADA GEESE

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.

In South Africa there is a bird called a quelea that flocks in huge numbers and is an agricultural pest. The video below shows how they target nesting sites when things get bad.
https://youtu.be/uTZ_zz6wMtA

yeah that will do it quelea done and dusted

I thought Fed Farmers where going to take care of the CG problem , and that's why they lobbied to get them on to pest list ?

Originally Posted by HILLBILLYHUNTERS

I thought Fed Farmers where going to take care of the CG problem , and that's why they lobbied to get them on to pest list ?

Probably still trying to organise their way out of a wet paper bag.

the problem lies with the Regional Councils and DOC

Originally Posted by HILLBILLYHUNTERS

I thought Fed Farmers where going to take care of the CG problem , and that's why they lobbied to get them on to pest list ?

Federated Farmers lobbied for Geese to be taken off the license to that they could be controlled at any time of the year by anyone. The obligation for control shifted from Fish and Game to Councils, Central Government and Farmers. Farmers to a reasonable extent, with the help of recreational hunters, are doing their part, but Councils and Central Government (DOC) are not.

Originally Posted by HILLBILLYHUNTERS

I thought Fed Farmers where going to take care of the CG problem , and that's why they lobbied to get them on to pest list ?

I'm not sure whether the situation actually got better or is worse since Feds were successful there?

It's funny in a way how history repeats, Federated Farmers are now making noises about ducks also being taken out of gamebird status to allow a free-for-all.

And got govt dough to help .?not to mention tax breaks once they got irst status.

Oops pest status?the onlynreal solution is co,operation and a return to maybe phased back In game bird status.while still allowing farmers the tax breaks to deal legally with them.No.poison is legal for use on geese.forn116 buks a year it,have to include management of Canada's for mine

game bird status why -- then you would have to pay fish and game a fee to shoot them-- now you can shoot them for free - any where anytime with any calibre why would anyone want to go back to paying - farmers need to be at the forefront of control - they are the ones effected -if the jobs to big then they ask Regional Councils to step up supported by Federated Farmers - DOC well enough said