tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post2126131706582062953..comments2024-03-22T14:40:23.496-04:00Comments on Me and Old Man Par: Carl Spackler Gives In; Indiana Course To Hold Goose HuntCharles Boyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672533578474522766noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-61596271720494701342009-07-31T14:07:11.548-04:002009-07-31T14:07:11.548-04:00Heather - I have seen a couple of courses use simp...Heather - I have seen a couple of courses use simple fishing wire around the edges of water hazards. Apparently geese aren't very bright and can't get out of the water onto the fairway, or into the water from the fairway, so they do one or the other, then leave. Seemed strange, but they said that it works.<br /><br />I'm with you - goose poop is nasty and unhealthy. (we usually play it like casual water - free drop from the nearest point of releif...pun intended) :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-22025672527508134562009-07-31T08:49:30.723-04:002009-07-31T08:49:30.723-04:00We have a Border Collie at our course. I love seei...We have a Border Collie at our course. I love seeing him ride around with the grounds keepers. It's a wonderful idea. <br /><br />Although I see court's point. Sometimes thinning is necessary. Have you ever tried to mark your ball in goose poop. It's nasty stuff and certainly not healthy to have accumulated in small areas.<br /><br />Our course is experimenting with a goose repellent gel they use around the water. I should ask more about how it works.Heather Kerriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479515041675909393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-70187671228089665892009-07-31T00:47:59.375-04:002009-07-31T00:47:59.375-04:00Funny how animals share our world...sometimes work...Funny how animals share our world...sometimes working with with us, entertaining us... sometimes getting in our way... or worse.<br /><br />I think dogs hearding geese on a golf course is brilliant.Patricia Hanniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13221547585113488764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-91321417079641779712009-07-30T16:00:24.362-04:002009-07-30T16:00:24.362-04:00The dogs are very cool and very good at their job,...The dogs are very cool and very good at their job, but a dog can only be in one place at a time, and a flock of geese can be all over the place.<br /><br />Geese aren't endangered - and they taste good - thinning out the flock isn't such a bad idea now and then.<br /><br />I would just ask that they repair their divots and rake the bunkers before they leave. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com