Bird-X 3D Coyote Decoy, Lifelike Predator Replica, Coyote Decoy with Moving Tail and Realistic Markings, Easy to Install, Covers up to 1 Acre of Land, 32"x8"x30"

I chaperoned a small group of elementary grade school children to our local sewage treatment plant last year and noticed one of these plastic/rubber coyotes on the property. Our tour guide said it did a great job "spooking" the local Canadian geese that liked to congregate and soil the property around the treatment plant. To maintain its effectiveness they had to move the coyote every few days to give the geese the impression that is was alive. Last winter, for the first time, we experienced a visit from a local flock in our back yard. My thoughts reflected on the sewage treatment plant's coyote and I ordered one through Amazon. It arrived within 4 days. I put it on display for the geese immediately and they abandoned our yard and stayed away for the rest of the winter. This winter, a couple weeks ago, they were back and I placed the coyote on the same spot the geese selected to hang out in our yard. Shortly after displaying the coyote the geese slowly departed over a period of one hour. They have not been back since. I make it a point to move the coyote every couple days a few feet in different directions, but keep it in the same general area. It works very efficiently for us, but now I've noticed the geese congregating in a neighbor's yard about 1/4 mile away. He's considering getting one too.Update January, 2013Our coyote is starting its 4th year of service in our back yard. We have a local flock of Canadian geese that seem to prefer to congregate in our neighborhood/yard during the winter. The material and surface of the coyote has held up remarkably well for the brief periods it has been displayed in our yard under, sometimes, harsh winter conditions. I've never left it out over night and don't put it outdoors unless geese pay us a visit. When I install it on the edge of the yard closest to the flock it takes about an hour until the geese are permanently gone for the balance of the day. Its fun watching the geese slowly depart as the coyote bobs and rotates in the wind on its mount. Sometimes its fake fur tail moves in a light breeze just like a live animal's. It is very realistic looking; even frightens our neighbor's dog. We think the only thing better than this rubber coyote would be a real one.

the first day I got the coyote, I put it in my yard and the geese were a bit stand offish but they didn't avoid it completely. I moved it around my yard every day, placing it in different areas, next to shrubs, lurking under a picnic table etc, so that it would be visible to the geese. last night, i found a pair of geese had decided they liked it so much, they started building a nest next to it.definitely a waste of my time and money. I resorted to taking bird netting (for fruit trees) and cutting it into 33" high strips, and "fencing off" the lakeshore as a barrier to the geese.

I was having issues with geese coming to my property due to a pond behind my property.Last year I tried everything to keep them away, I had to temporarily build a fence with those orange construction plastic fence so that they could not come to my yard and poop all day/night.This year they came back and I purchased these 3D cayotes, I am amazed to say that it does work and have kept them geese away, I do not know where they went but I am glad they are not at my property anymore.I do move them each afternoon or morning to make sure the geese family stays away.The way they are in the way it came out of the package, thus the package stated that it would shape out to more the looks of a coyote with the sun. It has not which is not a big deal since my neighbors thought it was real and called me lol.Wish it would cost a little less as the material seems cheap and really does not look like a coyote as the product states.

This product works okay for deterring rabbits from my yard and leaving little treats for my dogs each morning (yuck!). I found it works the best if you move it each day to keep them guessing. Otherwise I believe the rabbits figure out it’s fake. It’s not 100% effective but did reduce them. I would recommend two but the price is a little outrageous for basically a Halloween mask on a stick.

The coyote worked wonderfully for me. I was hesitant to buy it because of all the negative reviews. I recently moved out of my house on a saltwater cove and put it up for sale. I had not had too much trouble with geese because I own a dog that loves to chase them. But now dozens of geese invaded my lawn, even though I visited every day and let the dog chase them. They would just go to the cove and watch until we left. They ate all the grass near the cove, and came right up to the house leaving their mess everywhere. I ended up raking the whole lawn to get rid of their mess every time the house showed (hours of work).When my dog and I brought over the coyote, we chased a couple of dozen geese out of the yard. They lingered in the cove watching us. I put an empty 2 liter soda bottle inside the coyote's head to straighten it up and puff it out, and then I set it up. When the geese saw the coyote, they got into single file and swam away out of the cove! Honestly! Later on I put out some shiny kids windmills around the perimeter of the lawn as insurance. I've been moving the coyote every day or so. One day I moved it too far away and the geese came back.Every day one or two goose "scouts" swim past slowly and check out the yard. They leave when they see the coyote. I have been GOOSE FREE for a month now. Thank you coyote! The grass is even growing back.Update: The coyote is still working after 2 1/2 months. It startles a lot of people, though.

Looks Good, Just didn't work that well.