My ONE MAJOR pet peeve

[tomjulio]

You know, this game is about so much, and is so carefree while being technical. It is about nature and relaxation, many courses free or very little $, and maintained by many volunteers and hard work...

BUT I swear to god if I ever see one of the idiots that think that mother nature will recycle their beer can in a bush(littering on the course) I am just going to walk over and punch them in the face...

"that was from Mother."

[iDisc]

agreed, at my courses there are trash cans at nearly every teepad.

[djext1]

Yeah...what I love even more is when you see a beer/water/gatoraid can/bottle laying like 10 feet from a trash can. I just think to myself "really? you couldn't make it any further to the can?" - then just pick it up and toss it in.


Really tough....

[DirtyMittenDG]

BUT I swear to god if I ever see one of the idiots that think that mother nature will recycle their beer can in a bush(littering on the course) I am just going to walk over and punch them in the face...

lol, good call! littering is gay!!

[jdc03270]

My course is on my college campus and we have a few trash cans and I don't see why people just cant bring it to the trash or just pack it out.

[tomjulio]

Yeah...what I love even more is when you see a beer/water/gatoraid can/bottle laying like 10 feet from a trash can. I just think to myself "really? you couldn't make it any further to the can?" - then just pick it up and toss it in.Really tough....

that is EXACTLY what did it for me today, after passing tons of beer bottles n the woods. It was an empty Gatorade bottle TEN F-ING FEET from the trash can! It's like "dude, you're throwing a disc 300ft to get it in a basket, you can't make a ten foot putt with that trash?"

[Donovan]

Maybe we should start a National Disc Golf Clean-Up Week. Since not everyone has the same day off we should start a clean up week where we all will take one day where instead of playing that round, we take that round picking up as much garbage as we can. I know some courses do this already, but I think we should just do whatever course we choose on our own.

Any thoughts?

[maniak]

I don't care about beer cans and bottles because the courses I play at don't usually have garbage cans and there's usually someone picking them up to return them for the deposit. I do however HATE seeing garbage because I know if I don't pick it up, no one else will. Sometimes I bring a shopping bag just to clean up trash.

[Geoffro]

Maybe we should start a National Disc Golf Clean-Up Week. Since not everyone has the same day off we should start a clean up week where we all will take one day where instead of playing that round, we take that round picking up as much garbage as we can. I know some courses do this already, but I think we should just do whatever course we choose on our own.

Any thoughts?

I think this is a good idea, and agree with the other sentiments voiced here. I typically pick up trash if I see it, and I see others do this as well, but it would be a good idea to have the NDGCUW to raise awareness.

I am bothered by trash all over. I live next to a park (sadly with no course), and I walk my dog here at least once a day. I have taken to bringing a bag with me on every walk, and the amount of trash I pick up is unbelievable. McDonald's bags, cigarette packs, chicken bones, planned parenting devices (yes, gross), beer bottles, you name it. It really drives me nuts that people that patronize a park, or disc golf course, think that others want to look at their trash.

[gcoghill]

I agree, I hate seeing the trash everywhere. The way I look at it, if the parks see the course as extra work because inconsiderate players are leaving trash everywhere, it's less of an incentive for them to want to keep it, and could potentially scare off other parks that would otherwise consider them.

I finally upgraded to a disc bag last week, I think I am going to bring an old grocery bag with me and just clean it up myself.

Although I think I know the response I'll get from the forum, I had thought that with an old plastic shopping bag and a stick, once could easily set up a makeshift garbage bag under the actual disc golf basket. At least if the trash was in one (or 18?) spot, it would be less work for park maintenance to clean up, and at least they'd see that disc golfers were cleaning up after other inconsiderate players.

It would look terrible, I agree. But just a thought.

[Texconsinite]

Hey guys, heres a good idea. On Earth Day, disc golfers should clean up their local courses, either by taking the day off, or doing it after work.

Then, that weekend, they can have a special "Earth Day" Tournament, where the volunteers from the Earth Day DGCleanup all get together to celebrate their newly cleaned courses. The prizes can be custom-stamped discs with a tree or the recycling symbol on them.

[Eagle Man]

what about jerks that think it is fun to steal baskets from the course.

[Lewis]

what about jerks that think it is fun to steal baskets from the course.

:mad: Hunt them down and hack off their arms?

[jdc03270]

Hey guys, heres a good idea. On Earth Day, disc golfers should clean up their local courses, either by taking the day off, or doing it after work.

Then, that weekend, they can have a special "Earth Day" Tournament, where the volunteers from the Earth Day DGCleanup all get together to celebrate their newly cleaned courses. The prizes can be custom-stamped discs with a tree or the recycling symbol on them.

Thats a great idea!!!!

[PA_Disc]

Hey guys, heres a good idea. On Earth Day, disc golfers should clean up their local courses, either by taking the day off, or doing it after work.

Then, that weekend, they can have a special "Earth Day" Tournament, where the volunteers from the Earth Day DGCleanup all get together to celebrate their newly cleaned courses. The prizes can be custom-stamped discs with a tree or the recycling symbol on them.

I think it would be a cool idea to set it up how many of the IceBowls are done... Instead of bringing bags full of food you could bring empty bags to fill with trash. Maybe the "Litter Bowl" LOL. I think it could work though.

[nosajeel99]

I think it would be a cool idea to set it up how many of the IceBowls are done... Instead of bringing bags full of food you could bring empty bags to fill with trash. Maybe the "Litter Bowl" LOL. I think it could work though.

PA-Disc, I'll help you out if you do one of these at Unami Creek. Assuming I am around and all...

[PA_Disc]

PA-Disc, I'll help you out if you do one of these at Unami Creek. Assuming I am around and all...

Thanks, but so far so good(fingers crossed). Most people are policing themselves rather nicely. I think most of the trash is coming from the punk teenagers that hang out at the pavilion causing trouble and writing on the tables.

On a positive note, the FlyPads should be here Friday :D :cool:

[CBass]

:)Sad thing is,there are, and most likely will always be those who have a blatant disregard for the well being of the sport and the environment in general. More trash cans would help. Wouldn't trash cans be cheaper than a hired individual that picks up trash all day at area courses? If you have a local club, a clean-up day would be a great way to make a good name for yourselves while keeping your course from looking like no one cares. Post signs and trash cans, make sure people see you pick up something thats not yours, try to help out in any way. Little efforts add up!! :)

[DiscChainBasket18]

Pack out your trash, especially the beer bottles/cans. It is illegal to drink at most park courses & yet we see alcohol containers all over the course & trash cans full of beer bottles/cans. This doesn't do anything to enhance the image of disc golfers to city finance/park employees & may negatively influence opinion for future course development in your town. If you (I) must drink, transfer it to a nalgene bottle & keep the empties in your trunk (recycle?).
My own personal pet peeve: cigarette butts. These are the easiest to pack out but are instead flicked indiscriminately all around the course.

[Lewis]

My own personal pet peeve: cigarette butts. These are the easiest to pack out but are instead flicked indiscriminately all around the course.

Lord, yes. And they're not biodegradable. Question to the litterbug smokers: would you like it if I brought my used earplugs to the course, and left them lying around the tee box? I'm lucky that the courses where I play have polite smokers who don't do this, but if I played at a course that had butts all over the ground, I'd be furious.

[buzzinb]

I'll never get used to seeing so much garbage haphazardly tossed everywhere. I hope these litterbugs get reincarnated as dung beetles. Or better yet, as Rosie Odonell's granny panties.

The "Litter Bowl" is a great idea. I'm sure that with a little organization, many communities could have very successful programs.

[discflinger]

My own personal pet peeve: cigarette butts. These are the easiest to pack out but are instead flicked indiscriminately all around the course.

Amen! I'll pack trash for anyone I'm playing with. I use one of my cup holders as an old cigarette butt tray when I don't even smoke.

Had an unfortunate mishap the other day when a guy that I was playing with decided to beat a large tree shelf fungus with a stick. I completely flipped out and thought I was gonna turn the stick on him. I expect this type of thing from children, but grown ass men should know to respect nature, no matter how insignificant something may seem. I think the amount of Lite he drank had something to do with it.

[RustyP]

Trash on the course is my #2 pet peeve, right below people taking it upon themselves to alter holes by cutting down trees/shrubs/etc. I figure trash can be picked up, but re-growing limb or tree isn't quite as simple.

About 2yrs ago Rockwall, TX got an excellent new course designed by John Houck, one of the most well-known DG designers in the world. Despite the fact that he's known for designing great holes, a few jackasses decided one day to hack down half of a tree in the middle of a #9's fairway that "got in their way". I came across them while they were halfway through a 12' thick limb...I felt that if worse came to worst I could probably manage not to get my ass kicked by them, so I chewed them out for a few minutes until they left. Unfortunately, when I came back the next week the limb was gone along with other parts of the tree, making the approach from mid-fairway just too easy.

[Sean4287]

I think trash cans are a good idea, but how about some recycling bins at 3 of the 18 holes? Throwing away glass, plastic and aluminum is just about as bad as leaving it on the ground. I'm not an environmentalist by any means but all of that stuff just fills up landfills.

[sonny]

My own personal pet peeve: cigarette butts. These are the easiest to pack out but are instead flicked indiscriminately all around the course.

Flicking a cigarette butt on the ground is especially egregious at courses where Innova DiscCatchers are used. I find most of the pole holes open at the top, so there are convenient ashtrays located at the end of each hole.

[disc-o maniac]

my one pet peeve is when im waiting for the person in front of me to finish the hole when i realize that he/she threw more than one disc and can't find them so they take FOREVER to search for it only to realize they had passed it like 50 times

[kette_master]

...when you see a beer/water/gatoraid can/bottle laying like 10 feet from a trash can.

They probably also missed that 10 foot putt too. :D

[kette_master]

agreed, at my courses there are trash cans at nearly every teepad.

Do people use them? Has this decreased the amount of trash on the course?
Most people will throw away their trash if there is a trash can conveniently located. However, there are some that are just plain stupid and really don't care.

I would like to say that these people are casual players, but I've seen this type of abuse from regular DG-ers. If I'm on any of my local courses, and I see it happen, I make it a point to say at least, "Please don't litter on my course."

Nine times out of ten they will pick it up.

[Geoffro]

About 2yrs ago Rockwall, TX got an excellent new course designed by John Houck, one of the most well-known DG designers in the world. Despite the fact that he's known for designing great holes, a few jackasses decided one day to hack down half of a tree in the middle of a #9's fairway that "got in their way". I came across them while they were halfway through a 12' thick limb...I felt that if worse came to worst I could probably manage not to get my ass kicked by them, so I chewed them out for a few minutes until they left. Unfortunately, when I came back the next week the limb was gone along with other parts of the tree, making the approach from mid-fairway just too easy.

Rusty - this is ridiculous. I've never seen, or even heard of anyone doing something like this. All of those that I have played with have accepted PDGA rules (someone can quote this if they want): that using your other hand to bend branches out of the way of your throw is illegal. To go forth with a chainsaw as a warm-up to your throw seems to change the game a bit... :eek:

Altering a disc golf course's objects to aid in their game seems akin to a rock climber blasting off an overhanging rim with dynamite to eliminate the crux move prior to engaging the climb. Why not dig the basket out of the ground and place it in a more amiable position? Silly.

[`cjc]

I see people alter the wooded courses all the time and have wondered if this is common problem with disc golf(ers). I enjoy the nuances of the game and wouldn't alter the course with removal of tree limbs that provide hazards.

[Jungle Tim]

Maybe one of these would help!

[Lewis]

:eek: Isn't it illegal to cut down trees and branches that live on public property?