I was fishing a small pond the other day, and this big goose kept hissing and moving it's head up and down at me. At first it was about 50ft away, and then it slowly walked up right next to me, doing the same thing.

I thought it wanted some food so I threw it a cracker and it ignored it and started to get even closer! Normally I'm not too concerned with ducks and geese but this one started to freak me out a bit! I thought it was going to jump up and start pecking at me.

I moved down the bank a bit, it followed me and did the same thing! I then moved about 300ft away and the !@#% thing started to stalk me like frankingoose. I finally went on a small bridge and it stayed in the water.

Was it in attack mode or was it looking for affection, food? I'm thinking maybe it was protecting eggs somewhere neat the bank? And do they attack? If so..how?

I have seen geese attack people before, especially if they have a good, usually good swift kick if they start attacking you will do the trick, they will get the message and leave you alone..

If they really get mad, they will start biting you, and it's not a pleasant experience.

Oh yeah, geese can be mean and routinely are. They attack by running up and biting/nipping and it hurts when they get a good one in. When they start hissing and fluttering their wings, it's time to get out of there. I have seen geese attack dogs too. You were on her turf. Check out this video link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsfKHwg3Zuk

Holy !@#$ wow.. that guy in that vid had more restrain than I might have had in that situation. That was amazing, thanks for linking to that vid. I'm blown away!! wow...

Ganders are great fun! I always challenge them when I have an opportunity. They like for you to turn your back and then they attack. If you run at them they will retreat.

yeah, that video is a classic.

Attacking goose ... hmmmmm ... I like roast goose!

Supposedly the ancient Romans used geese as guard dogs. The one in the video had a MAJOR attitude! My boxer would have taken his head however.

On Bill Dance's Blooper video, a Swan gets after him. LMAO when I saw it. Swans are worse than Geese.

That would have been a dead goose if it was me!

The dog in the video was hilarious

my nieghbor down the road has a flock of about 15. THey will attack my car when I drive by. Every time they do it I tell my wife we are having goose at our next christmas dinner.

Dmunsie, depending on where you were fishing, it could have been Zach's (LoneStarCarper) Goosey Goose Swim. If you do a search in the carp section about it, I'm sure you'll see the pics. That stupid thing loves him. It's kind of weird...

Im not sure if I would be able to restain my lab if that goose came after her.That dog was a wimp.

They're good guard dogs all right, too good. They honk at everything, all the time. I couldn't even sneak out of the house and smoke or drink a cold beer without 'em raising cain. And they carp everywhere. No use for 'em.