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Methyl Anthranilate for Geese

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  1. Edward Doda
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    6/19/2013 10:06 AM
    We have had pretty good luck deterring the geese over the years with with the combination of our black lab Abbey and fencing off the walkways they use to access the property. Just the last couple of days our geese went from 5-6 to 50 in the afternoon when of course Abbey has gone home with the mechanic after a long day of goose chasing. We are adding to the fence but our property that abuts the adjacent watershed is over 1200 yards long which is impossible to control.

    Decoys, noise makers, shiny tape and coyote pee have not been successful over the years so I am wondering if anyone has sprayed methyl anthranilate or the grape extract to keep these flying noisy defecators at bay. If so what rate and how big an area is sprayed and how long does it last...thanks

    ed doda an hour north of Toronto



  2. Melvin Waldron
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    6/19/2013 11:06 AM
    Sorry to hear about your problem but at least they are back "home"?

    Mel

    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO

  3. Larry Allan
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    6/19/2013 2:06 PM
    Ed, we have several large ponds on our course and haven't had a mating pair in 10 years. I can't say for sure why. They do land and hang out for a few hours but soon leave.
    We do not trim within a couple of meters of any creek or pond. I read somewhere that geese prefer ponds and water ways that are trimmed so that predators can't hide in the long shoreline grass.
    I can't say for sure that is the reason for the lack of geese, but for whatever reason, we have none



  4. Steven Huffstutler
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    6/19/2013 3:06 PM
    Get some gators. We have gators, we don't have geese. Coincidence? I think not.

    http://m.quickmeme.com/meme/3t0ezs/



  5. Smith Kerry L
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    6/19/2013 4:06 PM
    We are having pretty good luck with bird bangers.



  6. Ronald Conard
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    6/19/2013 4:06 PM
    Larry Allan said: Ed, we have several large ponds on our course and haven't had a mating pair in 10 years. I can't say for sure why. They do land and hang out for a few hours but soon leave.
    We do not trim within a couple of meters of any creek or pond. I read somewhere that geese prefer ponds and water ways that are trimmed so that predators can't hide in the long shoreline grass.
    I can't say for sure that is the reason for the lack of geese, but for whatever reason, we have none


    Red,

    I think they prefer eating healthy turf, not dirt.



  7. Larry Allan
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    6/20/2013 4:06 AM
    A super once told me: " it's one thing when you loose a bit of grass. When you start losing dirt, you've got some serious issues"



  8. Sprague Lucas H
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    6/20/2013 7:06 AM
    Edward,
    At the last facility I worked at we had a similar problem. I would also chase the geese with two labs but when they left the geese returned. We tried everything you have mentioned except this Methyl Anthranilate with very limited results so I can't comment on the product you asked about however I can give you a little insight to their habits and why they choose to nest where they do. Mother geese must choose an area that allows their little one access to food and water. They generally roost on the water and then travel to the food. Keep in mind that these little guys can't jump nor fly over anything much more than a foot. Once we cut off the mothers ability to get younger geese to and from the water they moved on. To cut the cost of fencing we simply used chicken wire from our local ag store, Cal-Ranch. One you inhibit their ability to get to and from their desired destination they naturally move to a more suitable location for nesting the young. I hope this helps but you may have already known this.

    Lucas Sprague



  9. Edward Doda
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    6/20/2013 8:06 AM
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    Gentlemen as you can see we have a large lake(named Little Lake?) right beside us. It is teeming with all types of wildlife including thousands of ducks, huge bass, small perch, pike, frogs, snapping turtles(when they aren't in our traps laying eggs for the raccoons to eat) and I estimate 3 million defecating obnoxious geese! Come the early hunt season September 16 we also have dozens of hunters trying to blow said geese out of the air. I have been cutting a green near the lake and have had a bird fall right beside me. The blinds are on the opposite side of the lake where the hunters and have been there for years.

    Don't mind the hunters but geese aren't stupid and after Sept 17th we see very few!...we have tried almost everything for geese but the funniest was the dead geese decoys which we had laying on the pond edges. Worked like everything else for a few days... then members couldn't wait to tell me that our dead geese were being raped by the necrophiliac migrating geese...V funny until you hear the same story a dozen times in one day. We have about 300 yards of 3 foot chicken wire and this does prevent the molding geese from coming too close since Abbey can trap them.

    Three days ago 6 geese, 2 days ago 50 geese and today no geese up to 9am...so the fence we rebuilt and Abbey work well but I just wanted to know about the grape extract and if it works....ed



  10. Timothy Mack_2
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    6/20/2013 8:06 AM
    I was all excited this year as i was haveing great luck with a lazor in the early morning and then craker shells...Then they had there chicks and started walking from the adjacent lake every morning and evening..Nothing works very well once they have there chicks but i noticed they always traveled the same route so i strung about 400 feet of electric fencing close to the ground and have not had a goose one on the course since but there is feathers stuck to the fence in many places...I guess there goose is cooked...lol. I am sure they well eventually find away back but this has been working for the last 3 weeks



  11. Sprague Lucas H
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    6/20/2013 2:06 PM
    Holy cow brother, that's quite the challenge!! Good luck and PLEASE keep us posted if the Methyl Anthranilate works.



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