I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Call the DMV and order a new vanity plate:

GUS KLR

Bonus points if you live in Virginia and can get the “Don’t Tread On Me” version.

This is absolutely wrong, funny but wrong!

[Anonymous]

Can’t believe no one has given this obvious advice ...

... The next time you find yourself in this situation:

HONK!

(It is their natural language after all .. )

[Anonymous]

Why not just invite them over for dinner ... tell them you are sorry and it was an accident ... and you will be more careful next time ...

Then serve goose for dinner ...

[Anonymous]

Can’t believe no one has given this obvious advice ...

... The next time you find yourself in this situation:

HONK!

(It is their natural language after all .. )

And they will do nothing at all. In the 1970s Canadian geese were declining. In Michigan there were around 7,000 but now there are over 300,000. The PP is correct they are an invasive species. They are like coyotes where they are finding it easier to live in suburban areas with ample food sources and no predators. Since humans have not hazed them over the past 50 years, they have lost their fear. They will chase, bite and attack people who get too close. They steal food from other wildlife.

They will not move if honk and if you try to chase them off they will chase you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you run it over or did you nick it? I think if you bumped a goose and kept going it's not a big deal.

If you left a dead goose in the middle of the road and went home, even goose haters (hi!) will have a problem with that. You can't leave dead animals in the street and be a good neighbor.

Huh? Of course you can leave a dead animal in the road. I'm not getting out of my car to drag some wild animal carcass to the curb. Or what, put it in my car and drive it to the dump? You must be kidding.

--someone who has never run anything over

A Canada goose has a 4 ft wingspan. It's not a squirrel. If you hit an animal that big and are not willing to clean it up yourself, you need to call the city to have it cleaned up. That's common sense. OP's language (saying she was tracked down by license plate) makes me think she did neither. I'd be pissed as a neighbor too, and not because the world is running out of geese.

Oh ffs. A deer is even bigger. You don’t move it off the road.

You do call animal control when you hit a deer. Do you people even have driver's ed here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Can’t believe no one has given this obvious advice ...

... The next time you find yourself in this situation:

HONK!

(It is their natural language after all .. )

And they will do nothing at all. In the 1970s Canadian geese were declining. In Michigan there were around 7,000 but now there are over 300,000. The PP is correct they are an invasive species. They are like coyotes where they are finding it easier to live in suburban areas with ample food sources and no predators. Since humans have not hazed them over the past 50 years, they have lost their fear. They will chase, bite and attack people who get too close. They steal food from other wildlife.

They will not move if honk and if you try to chase them off they will chase you.

Pretty sure that was a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Can’t believe no one has given this obvious advice ...

... The next time you find yourself in this situation:

HONK!

(It is their natural language after all .. )

And they will do nothing at all. In the 1970s Canadian geese were declining. In Michigan there were around 7,000 but now there are over 300,000. The PP is correct they are an invasive species. They are like coyotes where they are finding it easier to live in suburban areas with ample food sources and no predators. Since humans have not hazed them over the past 50 years, they have lost their fear. They will chase, bite and attack people who get too close. They steal food from other wildlife.

They will not move if honk and if you try to chase them off they will chase you.

Pretty sure that was a joke.

It was ... but maybe the response was really dry humor??

[Anonymous]

On February 10 in the year 2020, just before 4pm EST, a classic DCUM thread was born.

Rejoice! For unto us a thread filled hilarity has hatched!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you run it over or did you nick it? I think if you bumped a goose and kept going it's not a big deal.

If you left a dead goose in the middle of the road and went home, even goose haters (hi!) will have a problem with that. You can't leave dead animals in the street and be a good neighbor.

Huh? Of course you can leave a dead animal in the road. I'm not getting out of my car to drag some wild animal carcass to the curb. Or what, put it in my car and drive it to the dump? You must be kidding.

--someone who has never run anything over

A Canada goose has a 4 ft wingspan. It's not a squirrel. If you hit an animal that big and are not willing to clean it up yourself, you need to call the city to have it cleaned up. That's common sense. OP's language (saying she was tracked down by license plate) makes me think she did neither. I'd be pissed as a neighbor too, and not because the world is running out of geese.

Oh ffs. A deer is even bigger. You don’t move it off the road.

You do call animal control when you hit a deer. Do you people even have driver's ed here?

Drivers ed says that?

When I hit a deer once there was no way it was going to be alive or even something you could get up with anything less than a mop. Why bother calling? Let nature take its course. It’s the more eco-friendly way to go.

[Anonymous]

I’d give you an award! They are a protected species but they are disgusting animals. We have a soccer field near us that the geese inhabit and it makes me sick to see little kids running and falling all over the goose poop. I’m all for gun control with one exception!

[Anonymous]

In MoCo you are supposed to call animal control to investigate if you hit or injure wildlife.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Can’t believe no one has given this obvious advice ...

... The next time you find yourself in this situation:

HONK!

(It is their natural language after all .. )

And they will do nothing at all. In the 1970s Canadian geese were declining. In Michigan there were around 7,000 but now there are over 300,000. The PP is correct they are an invasive species. They are like coyotes where they are finding it easier to live in suburban areas with ample food sources and no predators. Since humans have not hazed them over the past 50 years, they have lost their fear. They will chase, bite and attack people who get too close. They steal food from other wildlife.

They will not move if honk and if you try to chase them off they will chase you.

This is true. There are as a nesting couple in my parking garage in Rockville. The gander would stand down your car, it took forever to exit. I didn’t have op’s guts to drive by and take the chance of winging him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In MoCo you are supposed to call animal control to investigate if you hit or injure wildlife.

I hit a deer in Potomac ... called animal control ... police officer showed up and shot it in the head with his service revolver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you run it over or did you nick it? I think if you bumped a goose and kept going it's not a big deal.

If you left a dead goose in the middle of the road and went home, even goose haters (hi!) will have a problem with that. You can't leave dead animals in the street and be a good neighbor.

OP here, I nicked it but in my rear view mirror looked to be....still.

Hahahahaha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In MoCo you are supposed to call animal control to investigate if you hit or injure wildlife.

I hit a deer in Potomac ... called animal control ... police officer showed up and shot it in the head with his service revolver.

And put it out of its misery. That's how it's supposed to work--not with you driving off and leaving it to die in agony on the road, like OP did.