Searching for discs vs Casual round

[DavidSauls]

I don't know about more fun that playing, but I know of a private course with a pond that catches lots of discs. And I know of a few guys with homemade pond rakes that have gone there specifically to drag for discs. Underlying this is a hope they'll find their own, but they've dredged up plenty of others in the process.

The pond is swimmable and, even when not chasing down one of my own discs, I've gone swimming for pleasure and spent 15 minutes or so dragging the bottom with my feet, in the splash zones, hoping to find what whatever I could. Though the appearance of snapping turtles late last year somewhat curtailed my enthusiasm for feeling along the bottom with my edible toes for something hard, flat, and round.

 

[BennettUA]

I wonder how many discs are in that pond, NOT in the splash zones. I can think of a few, especially if you're going for the long green across the pond and skipping the landing area/short green....

 

[sgamerp]

I don't know about more fun that playing, but I know of a private course with a pond that catches lots of discs. And I know of a few guys with homemade pond rakes that have gone there specifically to drag for discs. Underlying this is a hope they'll find their own, but they've dredged up plenty of others in the process.

The pond is swimmable and, even when not chasing down one of my own discs, I've gone swimming for pleasure and spent 15 minutes or so dragging the bottom with my feet, in the splash zones, hoping to find what whatever I could. Though the appearance of snapping turtles late last year somewhat curtailed my enthusiasm for feeling along the bottom with my edible toes for something hard, flat, and round.

i donated two discs to said pond.

 

[adamtheviking5]

I have more discs than 3 people could use in a lifetime and I don't throw a lot of different molds but I still have the same issue as the OP. I don't know why but I love finding discs. Doesn't even matter if they're discs id use. I've taken a couple trips just to find discs. After the 1st time I found one, I caught myself looking in the trees for discs and I wasn't any where near a disc golf course! It screws with my putting sometimes. I'll be lined up for a putt but I'm scanning the bushes around the pin for discs. I have to physically shake my head and refocus on the task at hand. Sometimes I don't catch myself and the resulting miss is usually a bad one. I'll miss by 3' on a 12' putt cause I'm not even looking. Do they make pills for this?

 

[DiscinFiend]

The only time I find other people's discs is when I'm looking in the same muck for my own.

:thmbup: I don't look for discs, I just end up getting some when I am looking for mine (usually in a water hazard). I always call the owner if I find a disc, I want people to do the same for me when I lose a disc. Any disc I get told to keep by the original owner I just give it to someone new to disc golf. It may sound picky on my part but I only bag discs that I ink myself & only have my info on them.

 

[thedrew300]

During my lunch break, I'll throw a few holes at the local course, and I'll spend a few minutes walking up and down the creek looking for discs. So far this year I've found 8. Returned the inked ones to their owners, but ended up keeping 4, and 2 of those were brand new. Definitely worth a few minutes time, and more fun than playing a couple holes by myself.

 

[Broken Shoulder]

I only hunt my own errant shots.
If I want to hunt discs that I don't own, I go to a disc golf store.

 

[Martin Dewgarita]

My least favorite part of a round is searching for discs. Why would I want to replicate that?

 

[John Rock]

I've gone to the course to play a round, then decided to just walk the creek looking for discs. I had planned to play the first 4 holes only and start searching. By the time I made it to the creek, I had 4 birdies in a row so I kept playing. I finished with 13 birdies and 1 eagle. Practice round yes, but 15 under posted my best round on that course. My best competitive round has been 13 under twice (and 2 weeks apart!)

 

[Kodachrome]

when i threw my axis in the water (hole 1 at acorn, AWESOME) and went to get it, after it was found i stayed in just because i was already stanky as hell and there were like 60 million discs in there. it was fun too because people would throw their disc in the water and i would just go get it for them since i was already in; they were so thankful, it was refreshing.

and you're right; it did feel like christmas. every disc that had a number/email/pdga number was returned if the owner replied or wanted it back, but it was still fun finding them and seeing the different plastic (that's half the reason i go to retail stores, just to look) and even MORE fun knowing that the guys who dredge the pond weren't gonna get **** for their efforts the next time they visited.

 

[Broken Shoulder]

when i threw my axis in the water (hole 1 at acorn, AWESOME) and went to get it, after it was found i stayed in just because i was already stanky as hell and there were like 60 million discs in there. it was fun too because people would throw their disc in the water and i would just go get it for them since i was already in; they were so thankful, it was refreshing.

and you're right; it did feel like christmas. every disc that had a number/email/pdga number was returned if the owner replied or wanted it back, but it was still fun finding them and seeing the different plastic (that's half the reason i go to retail stores, just to look) and even MORE fun knowing that the guys who dredge the pond weren't gonna get **** for their efforts the next time they visited.

That pond is gross. If it eats my disc, I'm buying a new one. I wouldn't want to sit in my car and drive home after that. You're a braver man than I.

 

[bogeyfreetilinfinity]

Love hunting discs, love getting discs back to their people. Don't play around any water hazards, but i'm often looking up in the branches during rounds and always carry a baseball in my bag. Most discs i find are in the middle of the fairway. last night found one with seven different aces by different people on it and no phone number.

 

[DavidSauls]

I wonder how many discs are in that pond, NOT in the splash zones. I can think of a few, especially if you're going for the long green across the pond and skipping the landing area/short green....

A bunch. I've got a sizeable portion of my disc collection stored there, myself.

About a month ago we bought a big pond on a rope to drag the bottom....but the weather's been too miserable to make much use of it. But the upper part of the pond, by the 16-Diamond green and in the spring (where the trees are), the bottom is too rough to drag, and a little unnerving to swim in.

 

[adamtheviking5]

A bunch. I've got a sizeable portion of my disc collection stored there, myself.

About a month ago we bought a big pond on a rope to drag the bottom....but the weather's been too miserable to make much use of it. But the upper part of the pond, by the 16-Diamond green and in the spring (where the trees are), the bottom is too rough to drag, and a little unnerving to swim in.

What is a pond on a rope?

 

[JRW III]

I noticed the other day when playing a casual round with my friends that I just wanted to stop playing and search the creek for new discs. I'm not sure why but it just feels like Christmas when you spot one and go get it. The moment right before I grab it, I'm like "I wonder what this disc is and how did it get here?". Anyway, if I see that the disc has a name and number, I'll do my best to get it to them unless they tell me to just keep it.


Does anyway else like to hunt for discs more than playing at times? I feel weird about it and wondered how DCG'ers felt about it.

Sometimes yes. Most times I would rather play, but there are times when we get to the water holes and decide to jump in and go fishing. Other times I will go up to the course with no intention of playing and just fishing for discs.

 

[Lexual]

Is Oak Meadow that really nice private course? I was sad when a few friends and I showed up and got escorted away last summer. I didn't know that it was a private course. Then I discovered DCG

 

[JRW III]

Is Oak Meadow that really nice private course? I was sad when a few friends and I showed up and got escorted away last summer. I didn't know that it was a private course. Then I discovered DCG

Yes, the private course in Cypress, NW of Houston.

 

[DavidSauls]

What is a pond on a rope?

Oops.

....big pond RAKE on a rope....

Sorry for any brain cramps caused by trying to envision a pond a rope.

 

[thrembo]

I have never went looking for a disc except my own, or one of the group that I'm throwing with. If I'm on the course, I'm playing.

 

[Flick Maniac]

You guys are weird. Searching for discs is the worst part of DG, and if I happed to come across one while searching for mine, it is a bit of a hassle unless the course has a lost disc return box. If it has no name/number I will try and shout out about it in the local forum/whereever but most often they just pile up. I actually have a box of them I was thinking of donating come next spring. Pretty useless stuff for any experienced player but newbies might get a kick.