geese on raft

[rsmlp]

Originally Posted by webmaster

Here’s a few long threads about the geese problem from many years ago. Has the problem got worse or better?

https://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums...ad.php?t=14341

https://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums...ad.php?t=10282

One and done-so far. Gross though! it's easy to see why they're so harmful to the lake. Shocking they can't be culled.

[John Mercier]

Didn't have the problem before the proliferation of lawns near the water, and the restrictions in the watershed on hunting.

The State would need to come up with another way to handle it.

[tis]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

Didn't have the problem before the proliferation of lawns near the water, and the restrictions in the watershed on hunting.

The State would need to come up with another way to handle it.

I can tell you exactly how they started. A lady in Wolfeboro started feeding 2 of them many, many years ago when they were almost never seen, they were a novelty. Those two grew to 7 and those grew to 20 something. Then they began to spread out and here we are.

[John Mercier]

Obviously that is a problem.

But the State has to come up with another solution, as they have plenty of food, and no real predators in the current situation.

[tis]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

Obviously that is a problem.

But the State has to come up with another solution, as they have plenty of food, and no real predators in the current situation.

They sure do before they destroy the lake. But I was just telling you how they started staying here. That was probably 50 years ago and it took all this time for them to overrun the lake.