-Excellent use of elevation/terrain in a park that is basically dedicated to disc golf
-Very challenging 9 hole course that allows ample opportunities for shot making
-Excellent tee signs
-Lots of benches and seats along the way if you want to take a break during your round
-Signature hole #5, a wide right turning shot that shoots over a valley with a creek onto a hill where the basket is located

-The tee boxes are stones with a wood border, they leave something to be desired
-The fairways on some of the wooded holes can get overgrown at times during the summer months
-Lack of trash cans
-Some chance of disc loss if you are not careful

-Whitetail Woods is a secluded park with little to offer other than a disc golf course, unfortunately it plays along the Pennsylvania Turnpike so noise can be an issue on the first 3 holes
-Surprisingly long/challenging for a 9-holer with narrow throwing lanes on many of the holes
-Very near to the Carlisle Fairgrounds that host many car shows throughout the year, this along with its proximity to I-81 make it a worthwhile stop while in south central PA
-This course makes good use of an otherwise useless park and is worth the play, it will challenge you and at times break you down if your not careful. But it is a fun play if your up for a challenge and can be played quickly in tandem with any number of other courses located within 20-30 minutes of Whitetail Woods.

What a technical challenge! 8 of the tighest woods holes you will ever encounter outside of Paw Paw. There is more than just trees here though as 4 holes provide some semi open space to work. Hole 3 has a wide deep creek running alongside to the right. Holes 5,6 and 7 play over rolling fun terrain. Often you are forced to be creative as you will be playing out of trouble and attempting to weave and find that mysterious fairway that leads to the basket. Seems a great deal of work is being done here and I am sure it will improve as it is realized how the course plays and what is sensible and what is not. Little bridges, stairs, and signs help ease the way. Particularly enjoyed the muddy but interesting hole 7. 9 feels great once you finally hit the gap and escape the woods. Friendly locals.

Damn that highway is loud! I really love wooded courses and would rather hit a few trees than hit threes on every hole BUT.........this place is a bit over the top for even my technical and tight tastes. I always think a good technical hole provides trouble: either trouble off the fairway that is severe, trouble early (tight tree gap off the tee?), trouble midway (some knockdown trees to force a technical approach midway), or trouble late (trees guarding the basket) but never would I ever want to see a hole with all 4 troubles...that is essentially playing a forrest with no discernible fairway. 2 or 3 of the 4 is OK but all 4 troubles is basically dumb as you will avoid one but hit another and since there is never a safe zone to shoot for there is no relief or strategy involved. Your basically just throwing and hoping for the best....too much luck and no skill. Many of the fairways are really nice layouts with great use of elevation and larger hardwoods but there is just too many smaller trees and bushes left in the middle of would be fairways. I don't need a massive, ruin the woods clearing but perhaps take out anything that is less than 3 inches wide or just simply clear a tight but completely clear fairway...as it stands now it is just trees off the tees....only once did I see a clear route looking back from basket to tee (hole 7 high hyzer route) I looked back at all the other fairways as I played and as I finished holes and just saw woods. When there is no difference between the fairways and the woods I am not sure there really is a fairway at all. Hole 1 plays too close to basket for hole 9. Big stones in tee pads but I am sure rubber or concrete is on the way..no biggie.

I am glad that there is a technical fan out there building a course and preserving the creative element of the game.....Kudos for that! I seemed like I was whining about the lack of room to work...I'm not...I am just being honest and hoping that maybe with time the course matures without losing the technical fun. This is the best course in the Harrisburg Corridor easily outclassing its immediate neighbors. I would play this and Willow Park to get a great tight and then open 18 holes in. Again as a course builder I understand that it's easy to rip trees out but takes years for them to grow! If the course played with less luck I would have rated it a 3.5 and with better tees maybe a 4. Pretty good for a niner!