This is kind of vague, but today walking in a town park, we saw these objects in the wooded trail area of the park, here and there. They looked like metal baskets or cages, mounted on steel poles, about 3 feet high, not real big. There was nothing in them. I can’t for the life of me think what their purpose could be. We live in Central NY State. Anyone have any idea? I may call the parks and recreation department tomorrow, but I have a feeling I will get a ‘duh, whut?’ for my efforts.
Did they look like this:
https://pmamusements.com/wp-content/uploads/Frisbee-Golf-20160321-223212-1.jpg
That’s a target for frisbee golf.
ETA: Though, I guess those wouldn’t be in a wooded area, so I got nothin’.
No picture or much of an explanation but I would guess they are trash container holders for plastic trash cans or for plastic sacks.
Trail walkers or small parks do not normally need big 55 gallon trash containers.
Picture or drawing would help a lot…
It’s “disc golf”, and many disc golf courses are in wooded areas.
You “corrected” him with a cite that also says frisbee golf is used.
Frisbee golf target! THAT IS IT!
Thank you, you people are so smart!
Sure, we have them out here too. Not that we bothered to partake in this activity.
It might be called golf, but maybe the 19th hole is why people go to real gole ??
Huh. I didn’t realize there were many courses in wooded areas. I only played once or twice, maybe 20 years ago, and it was in a fairly open area.
Anyway, I’m glad I got in with the first right answer! Woo-hoo! I never get in first.
Now that is snarky!
And here was me thinking some sort of gibbet. Perhaps for midget poachers.
Most [del]Frisbee®™[/del] disc golf sessions end with a picnic in the same park / forest where the course is. At such picnics the beer is cheaper and the service is quicker than at any traditional golf course.
How many midgets can you poach in the typical park?
None: you grill them instead.
In the areas I’ve lived wooded courses are at least as common if not more common than open ones. In the old days when you just stuck up a few baskets in a field somewhere open courses were probably more common. These days with towns hiring architects to design community courses paths through the woods are much more common.
And how gently do you have to float them into the simmering water so their yolks don’t break?
Ewww.:eek:
Sheesh, you guys had all this time, and now I’m first:
Midget gibbet.
Band name.
As long as the bag limit is at least 1, in most cases poaching isn’t necessary; you can take all you can find. 
Well, if you have nerves of steel you can.
There are 116 established “frisbee golf” courses in New York according to dgcoursereview.
I use the website all the time when I’m on the road. There are a lot of disc golf courses around the country in all kinds of different terrain. One of the more unusual locations I’ve played in was in the badlands of Makoshika State Park in Montana.
In my experience, most disk golf (especially on college campuses, where it’s quite popular) is played with random trees or lightposts designated as the targets. But I think some parks worry that constantly getting hit by frisbees will damage tree bark, so they offer the basket-things as an alternative.