Goose Control

Every winter we have the same issues with geese on the golf course.  We have tried every decoy and scare tactic out there but with all of them we get the same results, the geese figure it out.  My yellow lab BJ still seems to work the best, but she is not at the pond all day everyday.

This year I tried the trumpeter swans with some pretty good success.

In the last 2 weeks they also figured that out.  We thought we could skip the fishing lines that we have done in the past, but we went back out today and ran them. They have proven to be the best method I have found.

The key with the fishing lines is that it is monofilament so when the geese flyover to land they can see the line and then they cannot.  So at one given moment they cannot see all the lines when they want to land and thus they do not know how many lines are there and they think the pond is netted.  We run them about 20 ft apart, 3-4 ft above the water and just go back and forth side to side.  It has proven to be our best technique and I know we will see a reduction in geese for the remainder of the winter season.