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Overrun by geese, Meridian Golf Club is in a fowl mood with fourth hunt coming Saturday
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Apparently, what's good for the goose is not good for the golfer.
Courses across Colorado have had problems with geese and all the (droppings) that come with it. Meadow Hills Golf Course in Aurora, like many courses in the
area, have used dogs to run off geese and ducks.
How many times have you played just about any Denver-area course and nearly killed a goose with screaming low line drive 5-iron or worm-burner fairway wood?
Just about as many times that you yelled duck!
Well, Meridian Golf Club, a private course in the south metro area, for the fourth consecutive year is allowing members to bag their limit. According to Denver Post columnist Bill Johnson's Wednesday story, Meridian will open the course for hunting member to rid some geese from the course. The past three years, hunters have killed an average of 300 geese, General Manager Jim Shoemaker told Johnson.
A Colorado Division of Wildlife spokesman said the hunting perfectly legal since the course is outside city limits. Meridian is listed with an Englewood zip code but is outside the city limits of both that suburb and Greenwood Village, where varmints of all kinds -- coyotes, foxes, etc. -- have been known to roam.
The problems geese cause are more than just the nuisance factor. Geese peck holes in the greens at Meridian and the droppings can ruin the fairways and greens, costing golf courses thousands of dollars in repairs and re-sodding.
"The geese this time of year are very destructive. It becomes very expensive for us," added Shoemaker, who noted that 10,000 geese a day visit Meridian.
I told a friend who loves to hunt about the problem and he was ready to grab his shotgun. Unfortunately, the Meridian hunt that begins Saturday is for members only.
But rest assured Meridian, a lot of area golfers are in a foul mood when they step in our fowl friend's droppings.
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