Author Topic: TAKE THE PLEDGE! (Read 58705 times)

rgfixit · « **on:** Oct 27, 2010, 06:21 PM »

Last year I asked you to "Take The High Road".

This year I'm asking you to "Take The Pledge"

Every year we see a bunch of threads about trash and such left on the ice.

I'd like to suggest that we all "Take The Pledge" to carry a trash bag with us when we go on the ice..... for our own and what we find from others.

What an outstanding example to set!

Repeat after me;

I promise to take a garbage bag with me on the ice and to pick up any trash I see.

I promise!
RG

oletimer · « **Reply #1 on:** Oct 27, 2010, 06:26 PM »

I promise!!
Always have, always will!!
Great post RG!!

mealworm · « **Reply #2 on:** Oct 27, 2010, 06:34 PM »

I promise to take a garbage bag with me on the ice and to pick up any trash I see

last year i took the high road...which i do anyway with out the pledge.matter of fact i quit fishing with a dude cause he kept leaving ciggy butts on the ice after a heated conversation i said have a good season let me know how you do...the guy is such a tool.

surflizard · « **Reply #3 on:** Oct 27, 2010, 06:38 PM »

I promise to take a garbage bag with me on the ice and to pick up any trash I see. I do it year round, anyways !

P.S. Hey RG, if I locate the owner of said trash, Can I give it back to them ?

silvercreeker · « **Reply #4 on:** Oct 27, 2010, 06:57 PM »

Agree, agree, agree.
Always amazes me how some "outdoorsmen" treat the outdoors.

rgfixit · « **Reply #5 on:** Oct 27, 2010, 06:59 PM »

I actually did that once Surf. Not on the ice, but ....

I went to hunt one of my favorite backyard squirrel stands only to find that some dirtbag had dumped a truckload of garbage bags, paint cans and furniture at the parking area. I did some sleuthing and came up with 2 discarded bills with an address. It happened to be down the street from my house.

I went to the house and the dirtbag was in the process of moving out. I did the "Alice's Restaurant" routine on him.

"Son, I found your name on this letter at the bottom of a pile of garbage......"

I gave him 60 minutes to show up and pick up the garbage or I'd call the DEC, State Police, County Sheriff and Coast Guard (it was along the canal. I told him that if he picked up the garbage and took it to the landfill (1.5 miles away) I'd let him off the hook. He showed up, picked up the garbage and I followed him to the dump.

I guess he irritated me a bit $:-\$

RG

JimB · « **Reply #6 on:** Oct 27, 2010, 06:59 PM »

Count me in.

IcePirate6 · « **Reply #7 on:** Oct 27, 2010, 07:01 PM »

Agreed. It is one of my biggest complaints about people out on the ice. Take it with you, you took it out there

surflizard · « **Reply #8 on:** Oct 27, 2010, 07:14 PM »

Awe Shucks RG, I was hoping you would say any body cavity will suffice !

Born2Hunt · « **Reply #9 on:** Oct 27, 2010, 09:43 PM »

I always leave with more than I bring.

jrtbaits · « **Reply #10 on:** Oct 27, 2010, 09:46 PM »

I'm all in with this!

RTF · « **Reply #11 on:** Oct 28, 2010, 03:00 AM »

I promise to take a garbage bag with me on the ice and to pick up any trash I see

bart · « **Reply #12 on:** Oct 28, 2010, 04:16 AM »

I have made this pomise years... ago in Scouting, "leave everything better than you found it." It's as good today has it was years ago. WTG, RG

Grumpyoldman · « **Reply #13 on:** Oct 28, 2010, 04:35 AM »

I promise to take a garbage bag with me on the ice and to pick up any trash I see.

Pack it in, pack it out.

ICE WANDERER · « **Reply #14 on:** Oct 28, 2010, 05:24 AM »

I promise to take a garbage bag not only for my own stuff but what I find on the ice.

hrdcore · « **Reply #15 on:** Oct 28, 2010, 04:48 PM »

U carry it in,U carry it out!

rgfixit · « **Reply #16 on:** Oct 28, 2010, 06:39 PM »

Thank you Gentlemen.

I'd like to see around 500 NY's set the bar for the other states...come on guys...it only takes a second of commitment.

RG

IceBalls · « **Reply #17 on:** Oct 28, 2010, 08:36 PM »

One of the first things I learned in Boy Scouting was "LEAVE NOTHING BUT YOUR FOOOTPRINTS" -- have always followed that principle!!

Pack it In / Pack it Out"

IceBalls

BigDynamite · « **Reply #18 on:** Oct 28, 2010, 08:51 PM »

I Pledge RG.

I have a tradition on every fishing trip. I pick up at least one thing on every outing. This is something I really got serious about when I started to take my oldest son out with me. I always talk to him about how "I don't understand why anybody would leave thier garbage just lying around". We talk about how that is not what we do and how it makes the outdoors look like a trash heap and takes away from the beauty of it (no matter where we are). It really feels good to know I'm getting the next generation started right. Once I get my two youngest boys going out with me (their only 2 1/2 so they have until next softwater season) we will be bringing home even more junk. If we each do our part things will hopefully get better.

AEffling · « **Reply #19 on:** Oct 28, 2010, 09:06 PM »

Agreed

This is something where an ounce of prevention saves a pound of work.

topher7694 · « **Reply #20 on:** Oct 28, 2010, 09:14 PM »

I promise to take a garbage bag with me on the ice and to pick up any trash I see.

mr.clean · « **Reply #21 on:** Oct 29, 2010, 06:36 AM »

You can count me in among the 500 RG. Now I just have to remember to buy a box of garbage bags keep some in my vehicle and the rest with the fishing gear. I'm old enough to rember the televison commerical with the crying native american standing in a pile of trash.
Steve

edmonds · « **Reply #22 on:** Oct 29, 2010, 06:42 AM »

I promise to take a garbage bag with me on the ice and to pick up any trash I see.

Leave no trace.

northernnyice · « **Reply #23 on:** Oct 29, 2010, 08:22 AM »

I promise to take a garbage bag with me on the ice and to pick up any trash I see.

I also promise to remove any cinder blocks or blocks of wood that peope left behind from under there ice shacks.

pooley · « **Reply #24 on:** Oct 29, 2010, 11:30 AM »

i will have garbage bags with me to police the lake i'm on!!!

like this.

ICEROGUE · « **Reply #25 on:** Oct 29, 2010, 02:54 PM »

I will pick up any garbage I see. And if I dont have a garbage bag, I will just throw it in my hut like I always do. And clean it out when I get home.

snelly · « **Reply #26 on:** Oct 29, 2010, 03:44 PM »

I promise to pick up and put in it's proper place all my trash (as I always do). I also pick up trash from others and to empty my pockets of that small trash I fill them with BEFORE my wife does laundry

badbrad2186 · « **Reply #27 on:** Oct 29, 2010, 03:56 PM »

i always have the extra bucket in my shanty that i tell everyone around me is a garabage can just put it in there. I always end up bring a bucket full back with me every time

rgfixit · « **Reply #28 on:** Oct 29, 2010, 05:02 PM »

Thanks guys...keep em coming

RG

iceman260 · « **Reply #29 on:** Oct 29, 2010, 09:42 PM »

I promise to pick up after myself and others.

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Author Topic: TAKE THE PLEDGE! (Read 58705 times)

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