# Why do people hate on Canada geese? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 2, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008 "2023-04-02T01:37:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008/141 "2024-05-16T04:21:49Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Why do they insist to nest in areas where there’s lots of human traffic? Mama Goose to Papa Goose: “Why do the humans insist on walking in nesting areas where there’s lots of geese?” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008/142 "2024-05-16T04:22:13Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > TDY Temporary duty? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008/143 "2024-05-16T09:29:01Z")
TDY is explained in [Temporary duty assignment - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_duty_assignment). ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008/144 "2024-05-17T18:27:22Z")
My feelings are encapsulated here: > [@Should there be open season on Canada geese in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-open-season-on-canada-geese-in-the-us/685649): > > Over the past few decades, the number of Canadian geese that have permanently migrated (they don’t go home, even in the summer) to the lower 48, even as far as Texas, has increased dramatically. They are very acclimated to humans and when they are in large groups they are a nuisance. My girls know to look out for “goose-poop” when walking pretty much anywhere. They have been the cause of numerous accidents in my area, as they will saunter out into the road with nary a care, causing motorists … ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008/145 "2024-05-17T19:00:34Z")
# [Why do people hate on Canada geese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008) They are notoriously bad tippers? > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > If there is any animal more of an asshole than a mature raccoon, it is the domestic goose. [short version] My dad and happened upon a dead momma racoon (road kill) with the baby circling her. We took it home and I raised it until it became 44 pounds of sheer assholery. Oh the stories I could tell. Then one day it escaped out the backdoor, jumped the back fence, ran down the ally, jumped over the neighbors fence and promptly killed their ginormous German Sheppard. Cops were called, the racoon climbed the nearest telephone pole where said cops shot him off of it. Very traumatic for my young self. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008/146 "2024-05-18T03:04:32Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Very traumatic for my young self. Dang. I’m sending a hug back through time. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008/147 "2024-05-18T03:46:14Z")
We were recently on a mini vacation in Spokane, WA. We did a big walking loop around Riverside Park and on the north side of the river we happened to make it past a pair of nesting geese that starting menacingly hissing at us (we didn’t see them until they got all pissed and we were trapped). Problem is we were now trapped on a dead-end past these motherfuckers and had to go by them again to get back to the path. I wish I had a baseball bat because they were now agitated and were doubly pissed that we wanted to go by them again. Lewiston, ID and Clarkston, WA is starting to blast the year round non-migrants and I understand. I’m a live and let live kinda guy, but these geese are too much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-on-canada-geese/982008.md?page=7)