Keeping geese off crops

[Brisel]

Any tips? I've got a 2 acre lake in one stubble field that has a few hundred greylags and Canadas on & I don't want them stripping off the osr half a mile away. I hate gas bangers and want to keep them for pigeons later on. Rockets? Day + night rope bangers? Luckily there's a chap living on that farm who has shot a few with a rifle which keeps the rest on their toes. There is evidence of the geese landing on the rape crop but not grazing it yet. I'm paranoid about them devouring it on a full moon.

 

[Jerry]

Any tips? I've got a 2 acre lake in one stubble field that has a few hundred greylags and Canadas on & I don't want them stripping off the osr half a mile away. I hate gas bangers and want to keep them for pigeons later on. Rockets? Day + night rope bangers? Luckily there's a chap living on that farm who has shot a few with a rifle which keeps the rest on their toes. There is evidence of the geese landing on the rape crop but not grazing it yet. I'm paranoid about them devouring it on a full moon.

Good luck, they are a right pain.

I get 1000’s in the autumn.

I push them off 3 or 4 times a day, sending the dogs out after them helps a bit.

 

[Will 1594]

Get a licence to control them , same problem here , get about a dozen of you and give them hell one night and keep at them .
swanns worse. When you get a couple of thousand on wheat

 

[Wbarker96]

An old car parked in the field will do the trick

 

[Brisel]

An old car parked in the field will do the trick

Thanks - I've heard of that one before. Move it occasionally too.

 

[Velocette]

Any tips? I've got a 2 acre lake in one stubble field that has a few hundred greylags and Canadas on & I don't want them stripping off the osr half a mile away. I hate gas bangers and want to keep them for pigeons later on. Rockets? Day + night rope bangers? Luckily there's a chap living on that farm who has shot a few with a rifle which keeps the rest on their toes. There is evidence of the geese landing on the rape crop but not grazing it yet. I'm paranoid about them devouring it on a full moon.

Exactly the same situation dealt with today near Harrogate. Started at 4.30am under a 1/4 moon and took double figure mixed bag with the shotgun. We'll be back four days out of the next seven until they get the message.

 

[yellowbelly]

Any tips?

Buy 250 of these and find a bloke who doesn't mind social distancing in a dyke with his gun for a few days.
There seems to be geese everywhere at the moment....

 

[neilo]

We have two 4ac lakes in the middle of the farm here, so we have a visitor or two each Autumn. They hit the stubbles locally in their hordes, which isn’t a massive issue, but I’m most concerned about the amount of grass they Hoover up before they leave. It is said that 3 geese eat as much as 1 sheep!

It is noticeable that they tend to bugger off just as soon as the shoot start, even though they don’t shoot anywhere near those lakes. It seems they don’t like being disturbed regularly, and lots of bangs.

 

[beltbreaker]

Laser pointer ex China works well here also use rockets, rope bangers, fert bags on posts (1 to 3 acres) but the ultimate is a heavy rifle (270, 308)into the middle of them. Full moons are a pain <7000 grazing March wheat fairly helps tillering

 

[tw15]

Some of the best sport goose shooting under a moon awesome. Used to go up to N E Scotland every year had brilliant times up there shooting geese .

 

[Pilatus]

Is a Drone any use ????

 

[neilo]

Is a Drone any use ????

Quite likely. Driving at speed through a big flock with a quad while they’re out grazing certainly causes a bit of panic.

 

[Pilatus]

Quite likely. Driving at speed through a big flock with a quad while they’re out grazing certainly causes a bit of panic.

May be a bit more effective than a drone, despite some on TFF thinking robots and remotely controlled vehicles are the future way of farming

 

[steveR]

Any tips? I've got a 2 acre lake in one stubble field that has a few hundred greylags and Canadas on & I don't want them stripping off the osr half a mile away. I hate gas bangers and want to keep them for pigeons later on. Rockets? Day + night rope bangers? Luckily there's a chap living on that farm who has shot a few with a rifle which keeps the rest on their toes. There is evidence of the geese landing on the rape crop but not grazing it yet. I'm paranoid about them devouring it on a full moon.

Daughter Numero Uno is filling the car with fuel and ammo now, and ready to head North... Sod work!!

 

[steveR]

May be a bit more effective than a drone, despite some on TFF thinking robots and remotely controlled vehicles are the future way of farming

But the drone can be operated from the kitchen table or bedroom....

 

[steveR]

What calibre is needed/advised for a Goose?

Assume a .22 or .17 will work at 100m sort of range?

 

[deleted user 837354]

I'd advertise locally for some enthusiastic guns and get them shot. If popular enough and enough £'s involved might start feeding the geese some wheat.

 

[steveR]

I'd advertise locally for some enthusiastic guns and get them shot. If popular enough and enough £'s involved might start feeding the geese some wheat.

Especially right now with driven shoots locked down

 

[deleted user 837354]

Especially right now with driven shoots locked down

With magnum cartridges and geese falling in all directions everyone will want to be well spaced out...

 

[DRC]

With magnum cartilages and geese falling in all directions everyone will want to be well spaced out...

Chap who used to work for us, shot a Canada goose flying over the cottage and it crashes straight through his greenhouse