Originally Posted by Hirsch56
From advice on FB, I got a powerful green laser! Surely that will scare them off. Well, for one thing, it is very difficult to repeatedly hit a moving goose in the eye with a laser from 100 yards, but I'm having more success aiming by using a tree for stability. When I do hit them in the eye, they just move their head. They DON'T become flightful. Next I'll try the decorative scatter lens for the laser, but I don't have much hope at this point. If you have success using a laser, what am I doing wrong?

This post is a little old, but I will add my recent experience.

I saw the same advice on FB. The green (not red) laser pointer is indeed effective. I got a reasonably powerful one from Amazon or some such. On a cloudy day, I can shoot a beam from my kitchen window to the pond 250 yards away. On sunny days, you have to be much closer, of course.

I found that it is better to point the beam on the ground (or water) in front of the geese. This seems to work better than aiming on their head or body. Be persistent. Once the geese start squawking frantically, they will soon take off.