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I've been saying this sort-of tongue-in-cheek, but also kind of seriously too lately. If the SHTF, those thousands upon thousands of Canada geese are gonna be looking pretty tasty.
I don't know about where you live, but in NJ and PA, since the late 80s, we've been "plagued" by Canada geese. Every office park: full of geese. Every real or man-made body of water: full of geese. Every college campus: full of geese. Most of our yards and neighborhoods: full of geese. Shopping malls, parks, campuses of large businesses: all full of geese. They don't seem to migrate according to any timetable anymore; they are pretty much here all 4 seasons. People even put up fake wolf-shaped scarecrows to try to get rid of them, to no avail.
Right now it seems that it's illegal to shoot them (in NJ you pretty much can't do any shooting), but if society starts breaking down, I'm sure I'll be picking off geese. Of course I'll have to barter with someone to butcher them for me (yeck).
We are hugely over-populated with these geese. They seem to be so plentiful and prolific that they seem to be an almost never-ending food supply. Am I wrong? Have I missed something? Has anyone else ever thought about this as you drive to work and see thousands of Canada geese?
So many people already think about that you I arrests in the newspapers about it. Fish & Game agencies take it very seriously and people do get fined. Lots of gees in public parks, golf courses, airport runways, and cemeteries as well as corporate office complexes with ponds in the common areas.
Good for you for looking about and thinking about using what is plainly in front of you. Remember that geese mate for life, so, if you can, capturing a mating pair or so and clipping wings would keep you supplied in the long run, theoretically speaking. I am neither suggesting nor advocating for any unlawful activity.
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While there is a designated hunting season for Canada Geese (yes, they are quite delicious and, yes, they are very difficult to butcher as birds go), all species of geese and basically any bird that you see anywhere in the United States that isn't a pigeon, a sparrow or a starling is protected under the Migratory Bird Treatise Act of 1918 (they don't even have to be strictly migratory; if they are native they are covered) and you would be in deep, deep, expensive goose-poop if you were caught illegally killing, interfering with habitat or even harassing a goose.
That said, if you want a veritable bounty of Canada geese to very abruptly disappear never to be seen again, then you should kill one or two of them tomorrow and then try again the next day. It will bring new meaning to the proverbial "wild goose chase". They are actually very wily, clever and adaptable creatures.
So many people already think about that you I arrests in the newspapers about it. Fish & Game agencies take it very seriously and people do get fined. Lots of gees in public parks, golf courses, airport runways, and cemeteries as well as corporate office complexes with ponds in the common areas.
Good for you for looking about and thinking about using what is plainly in front of you. Remember that geese mate for life, so, if you can, capturing a mating pair or so and clipping wings would keep you supplied in the long run, theoretically speaking. I am neither suggesting nor advocating for any unlawful activity.
if TSHTF, then D&R and other game agencies will be nothing but memories.
I've been saying this sort-of tongue-in-cheek, but also kind of seriously too lately. If the SHTF, those thousands upon thousands of Canada geese are gonna be looking pretty tasty.
I don't know about where you live, but in NJ and PA, since the late 80s, we've been "plagued" by Canada geese. Every office park: full of geese. Every real or man-made body of water: full of geese. Every college campus: full of geese. Most of our yards and neighborhoods: full of geese. Shopping malls, parks, campuses of large businesses: all full of geese. They don't seem to migrate according to any timetable anymore; they are pretty much here all 4 seasons. People even put up fake wolf-shaped scarecrows to try to get rid of them, to no avail.
Right now it seems that it's illegal to shoot them (in NJ you pretty much can't do any shooting), but if society starts breaking down, I'm sure I'll be picking off geese. Of course I'll have to barter with someone to butcher them for me (yeck).
We are hugely over-populated with these geese. They seem to be so plentiful and prolific that they seem to be an almost never-ending food supply. Am I wrong? Have I missed something? Has anyone else ever thought about this as you drive to work and see thousands of Canada geese?
Nope, you're not the only one who has thought of this. I do think they are beautiful birds, but they are becoming quite a nuisance - we really can't enjoy the pond in our neighborhood anymore without playing "goose poop roulette".
The daily bag limit for geese is 20 a day down here in Louisiana and when they come down if you hunt to the west in the rice fields that's generaly about three shots and with no possesion limit you get the idea. They are ok but a little tough and gamey.
We are hugely over-populated with these geese. They seem to be so plentiful and prolific that they seem to be an almost never-ending food supply. Am I wrong? Have I missed something? Has anyone else ever thought about this as you drive to work and see thousands of Canada geese?
They might provide temporary relief but natural game could never support the human race. They would quickly become rare or even go extinct. Do some research on the passenger pigeon.
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Passenger Pigeon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Passenger Pigeon or Wild Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct bird, which existed in North America. It lived in enormous migratory flocks – sometimes containing more than two billion birds – that could stretch one mile (1.6 km) wide and 300 miles (500 km) long across the sky, sometimes taking several hours to pass.
FYI they used to hunt geese commercially for food in the Chesapeake Bay. They'd take a boat at night while the birds were resting and make a noise to get them up in the air. They had what amounted to a cannon shotgun that might kill hundreds of birds in one shot. Then they would send the dogs to fetch them. I believe this actually had a devastating effect on the population .
Overhunt and you'll wipe out the prey species quickly. You need to know when not to take something, even if you can.
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