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goose
nelchris
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A goose showed up at a small, drying up pond across from our house. The pond was a pond, but a contractor made it into an illegal landfill, so it has lots of building materials in it, and very little water.
Here is the "pond."
We don't know where the goose came from.
It is not a wild species, but it showed up and would not leave.
Leaving the silly thing where it was would have been a bad thing, as would enticing it to follow us to our pond; too many coyotes around here.
We borrowed a dog trap from the animal control guys, and baited it, but the goose was suspicious of it, and would not go in far enough to spring the trap.
We decided the trap woudln't work, so I took a piece of nylon cord and made a noose. The goose would come within a few feet of us to eat, so we set the noose out, tossed out some cracked corn and bread and waited. It was only a few minutes and we had our goose.
We put it in the dog trap for transport.
We took the goose to Greenville and released it in a pond owned and maintained by the city, where there were some other waterfowl. It seemed to be getting along well with its pond-mates when we left.
It must have been someone's pet that got loose and lost. When the noose tightened on its leg, it didn't put up much of a fight, and when I grabbed it, it quit struggling and settled down, and never tried to bite or even to get free.
Anyhow, it has a better chance where it is now.
Here is the "pond."
We don't know where the goose came from.
It is not a wild species, but it showed up and would not leave.
Leaving the silly thing where it was would have been a bad thing, as would enticing it to follow us to our pond; too many coyotes around here.
We borrowed a dog trap from the animal control guys, and baited it, but the goose was suspicious of it, and would not go in far enough to spring the trap.
We decided the trap woudln't work, so I took a piece of nylon cord and made a noose. The goose would come within a few feet of us to eat, so we set the noose out, tossed out some cracked corn and bread and waited. It was only a few minutes and we had our goose.
We put it in the dog trap for transport.
We took the goose to Greenville and released it in a pond owned and maintained by the city, where there were some other waterfowl. It seemed to be getting along well with its pond-mates when we left.
It must have been someone's pet that got loose and lost. When the noose tightened on its leg, it didn't put up much of a fight, and when I grabbed it, it quit struggling and settled down, and never tried to bite or even to get free.
Anyhow, it has a better chance where it is now.
Comments
The gene pool needs chlorine.
Real men use little bullets.
7mm, it's getting crowded hereabouts. I don't think my immediate neighbors would mind (they're new), but I know the next place down called the F&G on me a few years back when I nailed some ducks out back during the season. Buncha damn squatters from Kennedyville.