# What are these steel objects in the park? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 14, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605 "2017-08-14T03:16:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605/21 "2017-08-14T16:58:09Z")
They’ve become very popular, especially in California and the Pacific Northwest. There are many officially planned and constructed courses… in the woods, in the fields, in parks, etc. Check this out… more than 800 courses in “heavily wooded” areas alone: > **[Disc Golf Courses in United States - Disc Golf Course Review](https://www.dgcoursereview.com/browse.php?cname=&designer=&coursetype%5B%5D=1&coursetype%5B%5D=2&holes=0&length_min=&length_max=&holetype=0&teetype=0&num_reviews=&rating_min=&rating_max=&yem=&yex=&cndtn=&terrain%5B%5D=3&landscape%5B%5D=1&landscape%5B%5D=2&landscape%5B%5D=3&mtees=&mpins=&private=1&paytoplay=1&country=1&city=&state=&zipcode=&zip_distance=)** > > View and review over 8000 Disc Golf Courses, Track courses you've played and want to play, Track your scores, Organize and trade your discs, Connect with other disc golfers, and talk disc golf in our forums. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605/22 "2017-08-14T17:14:56Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > … > Anyway, I’m glad I got in with the first right answer! Woo-hoo! I never get in first. In four minutes flat no less!! Congratulations on a super speedy solution to a very vague question. You win the good 'Dope-keeping seal of approval for the day. ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605/23 "2017-08-17T15:09:39Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > It’s [“disc golf”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf), and many disc golf courses _are_ in wooded areas. My daughter calls it “frolfing” just to watch me wince. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605/24 "2017-08-17T15:47:48Z")
> [@pantheon](#): > > My daughter calls it “frolfing” just to watch me wince. I thought that frolfing was [rolfing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolfing) frogs? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605/25 "2017-08-17T22:08:55Z")
> [@Francis\_Vaughan](#): > > And here was me thinking some sort of gibbet. Perhaps for midget poachers. I thought it was to keep food away from really short, weak bears. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605/26 "2017-08-17T22:27:26Z")
Some people put out suet for birds using a small open box with something like 1/4" mesh hardware cloth to hold the suet in yet let the birds’ beaks get in there to tear some loose. The first time I saw one of those frolf goals it reminded me of the same idea, but bigger. IOW, it’s a Pterodactyl feeder. Just stuff a piglet or small kid\* in there & pop the lid on top! then sit back and watch the flocks come in. ========== Sheesh people, relax. I meant a baby _goat_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605/27 "2017-08-17T22:58:55Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I thought it was to keep food away from really short, weak bears. [Perhaps](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CskDohNUEAAv3sI.jpg) so. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605/28 "2017-08-18T00:53:12Z")
I want to see Pooh chamber another round in that flintlock rifle. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605/29 "2017-08-18T01:50:52Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > I want to see Pooh chamber another round in that flintlock rifle. That is a [Martini-Henry.](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5a/fd/e1/5afde1aac0c34afdb15a15122fc2d37e--queen-victoria-martinis.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605.md?page=1)