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Post by Patrick on Jul 15, 2008 14:08:19 GMT -5
Just wondering if anyone had an interesting story or stories about animal encounters playing disc golf.
About a week and a half ago, I threw a terrible shot off 16 and it sailed left to the opposite side of the 17 fairway at Roselane. I went to pick it up, and the disc - which was white - seemed to be crawling with what appeared to be flies. As I walked closer, I realized they were yellowjackets, and my Roc had given their hole a whole new roof, and they were pretty unhappy about it.
Needless to say, we cleared out, and the next morning I called Cheryl at the office and told her about it. I had these nightmares about someone going to pick the disc up and that nest exploding like a bomb on them. Jason and the crew went out, took care of the nest, and got my Roc back, which I was grateful for - and they seemed grateful for the warning.
This is just the most recent thing. Deer, yellowjackets, hornets, snakes, spiders, beavers ... any good stories out there?
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ViKing
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Post by ViKing on Jul 16, 2008 6:43:07 GMT -5
One time I was throwing some aprotch shots in my yaed and I almost hit my sister's cat.
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Post by dynoman on Jul 16, 2008 7:13:36 GMT -5
once saw a panther over in the watter treatment plant.
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Post by Patrick on Jul 16, 2008 10:51:27 GMT -5
Somebody had to throw that Panther a long way to get it over there.
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Post by Birdall on Jul 16, 2008 11:05:35 GMT -5
Once I threw on Hole #4 and hit my brother...(wait...he's not an animal)..um....nevermind.
Oh, Yeah, there's this bird on the gravel parking lot on hole #11 that has eggs in a little nest it made in the gravel. If you go up there it puffs it's feathers out real big, trying to scare you.
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Post by tdg on Jul 16, 2008 12:34:58 GMT -5
It was Sneaky Pete 1995 at the beautiful Cedarock course in Burlington,NC. My drive on the second day in the first round on hole#4 was a decent enough shot, about 30' out, but in a creek bed surrounded by trees. I go to play my lie, placing my mini down to spot when I get stung. I don't think much about it, so I get in my stance to putt when I get stung a few more times. Well I look down and I'm right on top of a hornets nest and they are ticked off. I take off running from the spot with hornets chasing me about 50', being stung all the way. I then realize that I left my bag at the mini at the nest.Well I am leading this tourney by quite a bit and am not about to quit for a few hornet stings, so I go back to the lie to throw an approach, taking time to putt at this time was not an option. I got the throw off and grabbed my bag and took off again. I got about 50' away again and got stung some more, emptied out my bag and it was full of hornets.On the way home after the tourney I was stung on my leg 3 hours later. That thing was in my pants that long and I didn't know it. 43 hornet stings later and a swollen shut eye and aching throwing hand that was swollen also, I finally won the Sneaky Pete Classic. What a tourney. Oh, my mini, I left it at the nest. Some poor soul probably thought they had found them a nice UV mini, when.....OUCH. See you all soon - John
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Post by dynoman on Jul 16, 2008 13:47:58 GMT -5
lol I have yet to be stung when playing disc golf now that I say that I'm gonna get stung realy bad next time I play ;D
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Post by cdawg on Jul 16, 2008 19:52:54 GMT -5
Just wanted to let everybody know that the yellowjackets are still at hole 17 as of Wednesday afternoon. My putter landed right beside a nest of them. BEWARE!
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Post by ViKing on Jul 17, 2008 6:31:53 GMT -5
Thanks for the waring.I'll be sure to careful.
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Post by Patrick on Jul 17, 2008 21:05:49 GMT -5
John, you are a soldier, my friend. 43 stings by anything and you're lucky you weren't in the hospital.
Yes, the yellowjackets are still out at the culvert under the 17 steps. I sure hope they didn't dig that bugger up by hand.
And getting stung playing disc golf is like dropping a motorcycle, either on the road or in your driveway: It's not a mattter of if, but when.
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Post by richardhead on Jul 18, 2008 6:21:44 GMT -5
Played yesterday afternoon. The bees are swarming around 17 for sure. My drive landed on the front of the hill just past the hive. I didn't realize they were there until I was lining up my putt and one of the bees got in my face. It was almost like a stare down. He hovered in front of me eye to eye, I was waiting for it to buck. Nonetheless, I sank my putt quickly and slowly proceeded to 18.
I shot my first bogey free round yesterday from the long tees. I've played plenty of rounds in Toccoa and yesterday was one of the better one's. I was only -7 but extremely happy with no bogeys. I birdied 8 from the long, I sank a 40' jump putt.
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Post by tdg on Jul 18, 2008 6:28:48 GMT -5
Nice shooting Jay. #8 is one of the hardest birdies on the course. It doesn't happen often. Where is the nest at exactly?
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Post by geneticchamp on Jul 18, 2008 9:28:04 GMT -5
OK, now that I have remembered my login, the animal stories can begin. First: Patrick is right- it is just a matter of time until you are stung. One year at the State Championship, while sitting on the bench of hole 8 waiting on the back up, all of a sudden I felt very extreme pain very close to my sit-upon, and then one of the other guys said, "a hornet just flew out of your pants leg." My grandmother always said that putting wet tobacco on a sting would help draw out the poison. I don't think I have ever played a tournament where there wasn't a smoker in my group- except that one. And there was not a butt to be found on the whole stinkin course that day. Needless to say, I am much more careful to make sure my short's pant legs are not so easy to fly up when I sit down now.
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Post by tdg on Jul 18, 2008 9:35:46 GMT -5
I beg to differ. There were butts all over the course, but none you could use.
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Post by geneticchamp on Jul 18, 2008 9:46:45 GMT -5
Nor would want to
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