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I've played over 600 courses all around the
World. And don't ussually get spooked to easy. I've been in some really seedy parks where you might wonder if your car will be there when your finished with your round. I've even played a course in Columbia, S.C. (Owens Field Park) once as when I was getting my gear on a car pulled up and 2 guys got out and went out to play the course but they started on hole # 3 instead of # 1, when I caught up to them, one of the guys didn't want me to see his face and was very clear he didn't want to recognized as he kept turning around in circles nervously when I approached the hole they we're on. I sensed with the neighborhood I was in and his actions that he was wanted by the law and that I should just ask if I could play through instead of telling them what I was doing in their area. I played the Timber Beast course in Troy, Montana. Knowing I was in bear country. And did get a little scared when a small Black Bear popped up from the bushes near hole # 6 basket as I was appoaching my disc that I just drove from the river bank.
But nothing scares me more than SNAKES . And I'm asking thoose people who have encountered a snake situation and what they did about their picticular situation. As I'm planning to go out west next year and play some courses that rattlesnakes, copperheads and moccasins are known to live and what should I do if I encountered a situation like reaching down for my disc and hearing a "rattle" or walking down the fairway and come across a poisonous snake. What do the Floridians do when playing a course that is know for Gators, I'm curious. I know what I should do and not do, but was wondering if anyone had any scary experiences they'd like to share so we all can learn from other people's bad situations.
World. And don't ussually get spooked to easy. I've been in some really seedy parks where you might wonder if your car will be there when your finished with your round. I've even played a course in Columbia, S.C. (Owens Field Park) once as when I was getting my gear on a car pulled up and 2 guys got out and went out to play the course but they started on hole # 3 instead of # 1, when I caught up to them, one of the guys didn't want me to see his face and was very clear he didn't want to recognized as he kept turning around in circles nervously when I approached the hole they we're on. I sensed with the neighborhood I was in and his actions that he was wanted by the law and that I should just ask if I could play through instead of telling them what I was doing in their area. I played the Timber Beast course in Troy, Montana. Knowing I was in bear country. And did get a little scared when a small Black Bear popped up from the bushes near hole # 6 basket as I was appoaching my disc that I just drove from the river bank.
But nothing scares me more than SNAKES . And I'm asking thoose people who have encountered a snake situation and what they did about their picticular situation. As I'm planning to go out west next year and play some courses that rattlesnakes, copperheads and moccasins are known to live and what should I do if I encountered a situation like reaching down for my disc and hearing a "rattle" or walking down the fairway and come across a poisonous snake. What do the Floridians do when playing a course that is know for Gators, I'm curious. I know what I should do and not do, but was wondering if anyone had any scary experiences they'd like to share so we all can learn from other people's bad situations.