We travel south to Arizona for the winter and we have come home the last two years to damage created by Canada geese in our second story planter boxes. These boxes are part of the structure and can't be moved. Motion detector sprinklers are out due to freezing weather. If you have an idea or know any tricks to keeping these geese out we would be grateful. I don't mind the mess but their pecking on the wood has been destructive. Thanks for any help.....David

You could try putting fox urine on the boxes. It can be purchased at shops that have hunting equipment. Or maybe sometype of decoy that is a predator for them fastened to the boxes. We used an owl (large) decoy for skunks one time.

Stake them out with criss crossed fishing line,they can,t land or walk around it.

I live in a seaside town, and building owners around here use parallel wires to deter seagulls- should work for geese, too.Drive some tall stakes into the dirt at each corner of the box and string some real thin wire between them. (The wire should be about a foot above the surface of the planter top/soil surface). Geese can't sit on the wire, and can't get to the box because it's there.

These seem to work in our area.But then again too, it may just lead to target practice. Don't know.

We use the netting meant to keep birds out of fruit trees to keep our neighbors' cats out of our flower beds. Something like that might work, and it would be very inexpensive to get at your local garden shop.

Canada Geese doing damage during our snowbirding down south

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Snowman9000
Explorer
Nov 29, 2014
Canada Geese: Rats with wings. Ptooey!

Try the Dupont deer netting. We use it on plants to keep deer from eating them in the winter. (Deer: Rats on stilts.)

:)
pawatt
Explorer
Nov 29, 2014
jw of 4 corners wrote:
Not exactly a camping subject??

Yes but a good snowbird subject, how to protect your property while you go south for the Winter. The Pleated Woodpeckers eat our house while we are traveling & gone for the Winter.
rv2go
Explorer II
Nov 29, 2014
I think that the OP's post was a legitimate inquiry.
daily_double
Explorer
Nov 29, 2014
I wondered how long it would take for a reply like that!
JW_of_Opechee_S
Explorer
Nov 29, 2014
Not exactly a camping subject??
Murphsmom
Explorer
Nov 29, 2014
We use the netting meant to keep birds out of fruit trees to keep our neighbors' cats out of our flower beds. Something like that might work, and it would be very inexpensive to get at your local garden shop.
Dakota98
Explorer
Nov 29, 2014
These seem to work in our area.

But then again too, it may just lead to target practice. Don't know.
Francesca_Knowl
Explorer
Nov 29, 2014
I live in a seaside town, and building owners around here use parallel wires to deter seagulls- should work for geese, too.

Drive some tall stakes into the dirt at each corner of the box and string some real thin wire between them. (The wire should be about a foot above the surface of the planter top/soil surface). Geese can't sit on the wire, and can't get to the box because it's there.
mayo30
Explorer
Nov 29, 2014
Stake them out with criss crossed fishing line,they can,t land or walk around it.
doxiemom11
Explorer II
Nov 29, 2014
You could try putting fox urine on the boxes. It can be purchased at shops that have hunting equipment. Or maybe sometype of decoy that is a predator for them fastened to the boxes. We used an owl (large) decoy for skunks one time.

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