Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - SHOO! Go away, you dirty Geese!

Those dirty Canada Geese are migrating North again. The young couples often stop to see if my pond is a good nesting site. What are your best methods to shoo away geese??
I have a pair of plastic swans which I move every day, and the geese simply hang out in another part of the pond.
I have a pellet gun, which only scares them about half the time. The stubborn ones end up bloodied, and I don't want to be disposing of bodies, so I gave up on using pellets.
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?
They don't seem afraid of my dogs or me, because they can escape into the water. I have a small island accessible only by boat, so they have (unintended) refuge there, too.
Chase them in the boat! That works! They fly away, even from the island, if I row after them in my noisy jonboat. That seems like too much effort to scare off a pair of stupid geese, but it's the only thing that works every time.
Any other ideas?

I agree with you. Another thought is to call the Sheriff, give them the address and tell them that you will be shooting and if they get a complaint call, then they know why.

I'd shoot, talk to the deputy, and continue shooting after they left. While I am considerate of my neighbors, sorry, I'm shooting unless you are going to pay me to drive to a range to shoot.

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.

We have a couple of old wooden tennis rackets that make a very loud and annoying noise when hit together. The geese start honking the minute they hear them clanging and generally take off the closer I get. If you have an island, that may be another story......They rarely show up once nesting season is over.

Bottle rockets shoved inside a PVC tube after being lit, have a cap on the back end so you don't get blasted by the exhaust..... You can aim it, sort of.

Few things work as well, and are as fun as this!

Remote Control Speed Boat

A bag of corn, a pound of tanerite, and a .223?

I appreciate the hassle, but with a neighbor like that, I may just be tempted to have lots of friendly chats with the sheriff's office who is coming out to visit with me over something not unlawful and just let the neighbor stew in his own juices. But that's me!