Some new discers to the game are finding discs and not returning or STEALING discs!!

[Fancher_503]

This evening at Dabney state park, I was finishing my round and noticed a very large group (8 or so) of apperantly new golfers searching through the blackberry's on the left hillside of hole 11 and I overheard this guy say "wow I just found 3 new discs right here" so I continued to listen, they were not his! his buddy asked about the discs and he threw him one and said "keep it". :nono: At that point I was disappointed in these guys and walked over and said firmly "hey, if those got a number on them, you should try to give em a call, because its the right thing to do, and if you get a disconnected tone then turn em in to the drop box" and he just kinda snubbed me and said yeah he would. I had a feeling, that would'nt happen.:chinscratch: Well I left my blue first run boss (clearly has my name and number) on 18 by accident and realized when i got got home. So i jetted back out there not 30 mins later and when I returned, it was gone. I knew for a fact there was no one in-between my group and theres, so either they had picked it and kept it like the other 3 or they didnt see it and someone else picked it up. Unlikely though because it was in the open. I still havent received a call yet (I know im an idiot for leaving it and ultimately its my fault for not grabbing it)
My boss nor the 3 other discs are not in the drop box because I had a park worker check for me.
All Im trying to say here is, it is becoming an increasingly growing problem that untrustworthy players are joining our game and it is expected that with the growth of disc golf there is going to be some bad growth also. As fortunate I was to learn the etiquiette of the game, some others do not. So when your teaching your new friends about playing disc golf please include the other important things like using the phrase FORE to prevent someones injury, clearing off a hole after finishing to prevent backups, PACK IT IN - PACK IT OUT because littering is terrible:mad:, in relation to this post make an effort to return a lost disc or drop in a lost disc drop box- both timber and dabney have these, and the etc. unsung rules of the beloved game we all share. Hopefully this game will grow to its full potential with everyones help. Thanks and if anyone sees my 174 blue first run boss red stamp with my name and number please gimme a call 5032017149 or grab it (you have my permission) ;)

I was chatting with the Park ranger before my round and the lost discs turned into dabney's and rooster's drop box where pulled out will be put onto a list and posted at Dabney on Monday 8-23-10 tomarrow.If you have lost some plastic be sure to check the list for your name and disc to have it returned by the park workers.

[Fancher_503]

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[ryanajanes]

im a fairly new player to the game, and i always call the number on the back and i always tell my friends to do the same, sometimes they listen to me, sometimes they dont. maybe i should start offering cash to my friends who dont want to give the discs back and then charge the person i give it back to what i paid? i dont really know what else to do. i have lost a lot of discs and only a couple have gotten back to me. so i defenitely try to give back as many as possible. plus a disc doesnt fly as well if you know its not yours lol

[Matt B.]

gotta get my post on top. Im just messin and voted the 3rd option hehe ;)

Is that really necessary?

[ChUcK]

These problems are not new to the game, but they are new to your increasing extra-personal awareness. Keep teaching newbs as best you can.

[Tim]

I went for a #3 once, and boy was that awkward. The beef jerky was good though, I'll give it that.

[LegoRules]

gotta get my post on top. Im just messin and voted the 3rd option hehe ;)


Yay I agree with the lost disc issues, but this poll with the option #3 is really unnecessary and offensive. :(

[Adam Schneider]

Yay I agree with the lost disc issues, but this poll with the option #3 is really unnecessary and offensive. :(
How 'bout now? ;)

[Tim]

Great, now my joke makes no sense. :(

[Adam Schneider]

Sorry Tim, collateral damage.

[Scott]

Great, now my joke makes no sense. :(

A shame, too. It was a good joke.

[Matt B.]

How 'bout now? ;)

:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

[sillybizz]

Yay I agree with the lost disc issues, but this poll with the option #3 is really unnecessary and offensive. :(

Agreed.

A shame, too. It was a good joke.

Agreed.

[Fancher_503]

Your right, my apologies for those of you who seen my poll option 3, I have a bad sense of humor hey I heard it while playing at the calapooia and thought it was pretty funny

[captain jack]

These problems are not new to the game, but they are new to your increasing extra-personal awareness. Keep teaching newbs as best you can.


Agreed, this is not big news.

Playing a round with Brent Smith a few weeks ago, we both threw drives on #1, with a guy practicing letting us play through.
We walk past his disc, and Brent says " Hey, I think thats my disc" and I said, "No Brent, thats belongs to the dude thats practicing"

He says, " No , I think its mine", so he picks it up, and sure enough, its got his name and number hastily crossed out, with another name written on it.

He yells back at the guy " Hey this is my disc ", the guy comes walking up and says " Oh, my kid found it " :rolleyes:

Then he kept saying " Are you sure its yours ", even after Brent showed him his other discs with the same sig. on them.

He finally said " OK, take it"

This was an older guy, not a kid, with a disc golf bag and alot of discs, you would think he would know better.


Here's what I think.

In these times of economic stagnation, the value of a disc goes up greatly.
People are so poor, they're stealing the damn sewer grates.
Microsoft peeps play polo, poor people disc golf.
We play in public parks for the most part, that we share with everyone.
So;
If you leave a disc somewhere, consider it gone, for good. :seeya:

If you are lucky enough to have your disc found by a person who will do what they can to return it, be thankful, there is fewer and fewer of us every day. :)

[JR Stengele]

Agreed, this is not big news.

Playing a round with Brent Smith a few weeks ago, we both threw drives on #1, with a guy practicing letting us play through.
We walk past his disc, and Brent says " Hey, I think thats my disc" and I said, "No Brent, thats belongs to the dude thats practicing"

He says, " No , I think its mine", so he picks it up, and sure enough, its got his name and number hastily crossed out, with another name written on it.

He yells back at the guy " Hey this is my disc ", the guy comes walking up and says " Oh, my kid found it " :rolleyes:

Then he kept saying " Are you sure its yours ", even after Brent showed him his other discs with the same sig. on them.

He finally said " OK, take it"

This was an older guy, not a kid, with a disc golf bag and alot of discs, you would think he would know better.


Here's what I think.

In these times of economic stagnation, the value of a disc goes up greatly.
People are so poor, they're stealing the damn sewer grates.
Microsoft peeps play polo, poor people disc golf.
We play in public parks for the most part, that we share with everyone.
So;
If you leave a disc somewhere, consider it gone, for good. :seeya:

If you are lucky enough to have your disc found by a person who will do what they can to return it, be thankful, there is fewer and fewer of us every day. :)


:yay:Agreed.

[D-Walk]

2 years
numerous discs lost
1 call

[Iceberg]

I lost one at Dexter in March and WOW a call 2 weeks back someone found it and said they would hold it till I made it back over, will I see it ? I dont know but it was good to hear someone tried, I know I call them all in and have returned a few that made it back to a happy owner, now I hope I get my disc from Timbers I forgot to pick up on 17 cause I was to busy teaching my girl on throwing and missed out on what I was doing. All I can say is keep calling them in, Karma is worth while

[mrDROCK]

I have a couple discs in my care awaiting the return of their owners.

The first was a Champ Spider I saw in the storm drain at Pier Park. After taking apart the grate and climbing in the muck I pulled it out of the depths. I called the owner, who lives in South Carolina, he said he gave the disc to his friend here in Portland. He has notified the friend, but I have not received any word for over 3 months now. It is still just hanging out in my bag.

The second was a X-Out DX Beast(confirmed by the owner) I knocked out of a tree on hole 7 at Pier. I had a bad drive that hit some branches and this one dropped down as well. Called the owner who lives in Salem. She said I could keep the disc if I wanted, but considering it is 150gram and being a Beast is a mold I already have, I told her I would keep a hold of it until she made it back up to Portland.

The only others I have found were at Lunchtime, and the owners were just 2 groups ahead of us. They made easy returns.

It is unfortunate that there is a strong attitude of finders keepers in our world now. I have a student in my youth ministry that has this problem. Anything sitting out is immediately grabbed up by him and I have to remind him that it is probably someone else's.

[TwiZ]

Your right, my apologies for those of you who seen my poll option 3, I have a bad sense of humor hey I heard it while playing at the calapooia and thought it was pretty funny
Only in Albany will that humor come out lol :rockon:

[TwiZ]

I have been playing steadily for about 3 years and have only lost one disc with no call. I have had 4 others lost with return on call. One of which was an ace disc(my only) that a guys dog found that he has been training to find discs :-) I have actually returned about 7 or 8 by calling or droppin off at a store for them to pick up later. I feel that it is my part to get peoples discs returned to them, cuz i would want the same. And if I find one looking for mine, I know that they went through hell looking for their own. I dont stop when I try and find them until it gets dark :-)

[JMan]

The only ones I have had returned are ones that I go back for during that round, (carrying a 9 disc bag helps). I have never received a call on a lost disc and I've been doing this for some time. If it's lost, move on.

[snap7times]

this is why i think there needs to be a master list and a caretaker of lost discs in each state in the nw

[ChUcK]

I would gladly take on the role of Washington State Master Lost Disc Wrangler and Returner, but who will pay my full-time salary with medical, dental, and 401k? The pipe in that Pipe Dream smells suspicious...

[Iceberg]

I would take on the oregon disc golf returner if it ever really came to be

[captain jack]

I would gladly take on the role of Washington State Master Lost Disc Wrangler and Returner, but who will pay my full-time salary with medical, dental, and 401k? The pipe in that Pipe Dream smells suspicious...

Yep, its too sweet of a job for the private sector, it would have to be a government job, paid for with all those extra dollars that fat overpaid citizens waste on double cheeseburgers at Macdonalds.
I think we need some really expensive lobbyists to promote this in D.C. too, and maybe a few million to throw at some poor slobs campaign fund.
Maybe we need a new Bill proposal for Congress.

I will nominate myself as the National Undersecretary of Interstate Lost Disc Management, thats a title worthy of a six figure salary, and maybe use of a gov. G6 to fly between courses, with little to no work involved.

[Jason Philips]

I find it amusing that the immediate assumption is that all discs that are found and not returned are due to new players. I think there are just as many older players and those that know better that keep lost discs.

In the end I can only control my actions and better myself if someone else wants to be a thief so be it. That is their life to live.