I am starting to get calls about this and thought I would clear it up on the board. Lord knows John will never bring it up, he and his modest self.
I'll try to condense this for everyone.
John had a full lodge at the ranch in San Saba last weekend. He also had 3 guest camping from the Dallas area. Saturday night the three campers walked up to the lodge from their site. One of the campers was obviously on some kind of drug and was acting very strangely. The three campers left to return to their campsite but the odd acting one returned to the lodge. To ensure that his guest would not be pestered by this guy John took it upon himself to help the guy out. John spent hours talking to this guy trying to keep him under control. Finally John set him up with a cot in the pro shop which is next to John's bedroom at the lodge. John woke up in the morning, walks past this guy who is still sleeping on his cot and gets his coffee then makes himself comfortable in a chair outside the lodge. While John is talking with his mother on the phone the "odd" guy wakes up and thinks he is being held against his will or something to that effect. The "odd" guy preceeds to break a window in the door that leads into the lodge. Then goes into John's bedroom, find a shotgun, finds the shells, loads the gun, steps out the back door(which was unlocked) and SHOOTS JOHN!!
John was sitting about 100 ft away with his back to the shooter. Luckily the shotgun was loaded with bird shot and the "idiot's" aim was off and the shot hit John in his left buttocks and right calf. John got a helicopter ride from San Saba to Austin. The "idiot" was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. His buddies were arrested for possession of Meth.
John is doing really well. He is back at work in San Saba already.
Sorry for the length of this story.

Will John be okay to continue playing fantasy football?

Wow, JH sent me an email saying that he'd had some sort of incident over the weekend and that it would be a couple of days before he could get to something I asked him about. I had no idea HE GOT SHOT! He's a very resilient guy and I'm sure if he's already back at work, then all will be well.

Nonetheless, I'm sending my well wishes for a speedy recovery. No good deed goes unpunished, huh Rappin'?

John Houck shot by a disc golfer. It boggles the f'n mind.

Uh...take your time on that request. /msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif

Should be fine for fantasy football: It got him in the creative buttock, not the analytical one.

Thinking about it, it's amazing it hurt his leg. The hair on his calves is like Kevlar.

John. John! I LOVE YOU MAN!!!!

Can we name the shooter? Or at least his friends? I want to make sure I never play a round with any of these people! And are we sure they are from Dallas?

Can we get some names of the perps?
This is a crime worse than stealing baskets, after all.
These morons need to be banned from disc golf.

Certainly glad to hear John's doing well and thanks for the gripping story, but couldn't the guy get a mulligan for his first shot of the day.

I don't think we need any names.

The shooter is in the San Saba county jail on the charge of assualt with a deadly weapon. I doubt he'll be on the course any time soon. The other two are out on bail, one on felony possession of methamphetamines, one on misdemeaner possession of marijuana, I believe.

Please do not bring drugs to San Saba. Or Wimberley. These beautiful properties are for golf, not drug use.

That is un [*****] believable! Glad you're okay John.

Goo dto hear you are "back at the ranch" John. Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.

Even though it was a bad, bad line, McCaine's mulligan comment has me laughing out loud!

It wouldn't be funny if Houck was hospitalized. Glad you are okay after that bizarre encounter.

Oh yeah. Don't forget the mantra: "Mind your own business! We aren't hurting anybody." /msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif

Get well soon John! I cannot fathom this happening.

san saba news (http://www.sansabanews.com/news.asp) will have the info sooner or later, but not yet. looks like it only gets updated like once or twice a month. searching for "assault" looks like it should work... it found lots of court cases. and geesh, meth looks like the drug of choice for san sabites!

Buttocks!

WOW! See...... guns don't hurt people, idiots do.........

Good thing you had your back turned, and that you don't present a very big target...I'd have been peppered...

Get well quick, John...I have work for you to do...

See you in Rock Hill...

John, shocked to hear what happened but glad your ok!! Was scarey upon first hearing about it earlier today. Your definitely the topic of the day.

Take care and get well. Hope that buck shot doesn't mess with your freestyle!!

What an idiot! I hope they keep him locked up for a long time. We don't need low lifes like that on our courses. I hope your "buttocks" get to feeling better. I can't beleive I just said that. /msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif

Agreed with all of the above /msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif John, I hope you are doing as well as possible and we'll see you at the next Worlds. What a great host, and what a jack*ss golfer.

I sure hope he is safe in the San Saba County Jail. Not really. Take care John.

Rest assured the perp will be getting his buttocks assaulted on a daily basis.

Wow John,

O.k., o.k., I know the rest of you feel real sorry for him..... But....... I'm totally pumped to have a compadre who's been shot!!! The legend of Houck continues!!!!!!

All kidding aside John, sorry to hear that someone grossly misused the trust and good will
you show those who you host.

Hysell, if last Sunday is any indication, it DOES NOT appear as though the shooting incident affected his Fantasy Football skills.

Get well soon John.

I guess John is going to be the B*tt of a lot of jokes/msgboard/images/clipart/proud.gif

Thanks, everyone -- I appreciate all the kind thoughts. And James' mulligan joke was quite good, especially for him.

But let's be clear on one thing: I was shot in the leg. I have 20 pellets and some shrapnel in my leg. Yes, some stray pellets (about 15) found their way to my posterior.

But I was shot IN THE LEG.

Thank you.

PS to Hysell: Last I checked, I didn't need any fantasy skills to beat your team.

We in NC, hope you feel better real soon.

Walt

I still have my tweezers...

"Yes, some stray pellets (about 15)found their way to my posterior." By John Houck

Well that means that you were shot in the [*****]./msgboard/images/clipart/proud.gif

Get well soon John!

Any lawyer types out there that could tell us what type of time the shooter may serve assuming no priors?

john takes a lickin and keeps on tickin.Get well soon and be ready to anwser a lot of questions at airport security./msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif

glad you dont keep slugs around John, get well soon from Michigan.

GLAD TO hear you are OKAY. GET better SOON!!

Get well soon John!

Did you get the phone number of the nurse who picked the pellets out of your... um... leg?

Why does everybody think the shooter was crazy? Did anybody think that maybe the guy was hungry after crashing from 2 days of speed and was too polite to beg for breakfast so he found John's gun, filled it with bird shot, and went out to shoot pheasant to surprise everybody with a feast, and John was sitting too close? I mean, give the guy a break. Cut him some slack. It was a simple mistake.

Nobody put Jed Clampett in jail for shooting out some food and causing an environmentally damaging oil slick

Mr. Houck, I take offense in your statement directed at me. How can any skill be used in a computer generated draft league? Sorry, that will be my last complaint other than Jamal Lewis and his 295 yard game and Dante Culpepper's injury and Jeff Garcia's 3 interceptions and the list goes on.

Was is steel or lead shot? This is important as it will significantly change the connotations of possible new nicknames... :-)

Get well soon!

Take Note: This is not in WV! We only shoot defenseless animals!

Walk it off, John. You are a lucky man!

Talk about a shotgun start!

Gee, what a surprise, a disc golfer on drugs.

JOHN!! (Shotgun Morning Flash)
I would wish you the best, but I am sure you will be fine. It would take more than bird shot to take an ol salty yankee like you down.
Heck we use to have gun fights as kids with bird shot.
I just glad you didn't have buck shot laying around.

taking the concept of speeding up the game to up a level....

John, glad to hear that your doing fine, get well fast. See ya next year at San Saba 2004

So what happened right after the shot? I'll bet John's mom was freaking out! Did the guest of the lodge come tackle the shooter or how did he give up the gun? What a story....

Glad to hear your gonna be ok, John!

Get Better Soon John! Sorry to hear about the incident - unfortunately I'm a little late as all the good jokes have been taken. Maybe next time...

Glad to hear you are doing well, John. We know you are a tough bastage, just like Steve Tasker. /msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif

That'll learn you to invite Texans over to your place...

Get well soon John.

nick you using the word Texan should be careful or we could mistake you for a target/msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif
remember we all got guns

where you from you all call shooters snipers, here in Texas we call it solve problems/msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif

Those guys where had to be from out of state they where NOT true Texans, a true Texan would NOT shoot John.

Glad to hear that you are doing well John. This sort of incident is bad for our sport as well as our players. Glad that you will have a speedy recovery.

Wishing you a speedy recovery John! Guns and drugs don't mix! Drugs don't mix well with anything!

Maybe the perp was really ticked off that Notre Dame lost to Purdue on Saturday, and ND is 1-3 for the fourth time in seven years, and in his altered state, he thought he might be able to turn the Irish around if he infirmed their Leprechaun mascot.

Sorry to say I enjoy black humor as well. Am very pleased that you were "only" winged. Reminds me of saying that "minor surgery" is surgery perfomed on someone ELSE! Being SHOT is still being SHOT, regardless of the outcome!

I hope Chris won't be deported because of this... /msgboard/images/clipart/proud.gif

John,

Sorry to hear that a guy went "Joey Porter" on you. Hope you are feeling better real soon. -Jeff

i'm pretty sure they are b.b, owens boys

Figures

Creative/analytical was the funniest line, but we all know John is analytically creative making him one big..."LEG".
Seriously, there's nothing funny about disturbed children on drugs. Be a designated golfer.
Love ya, John, keep the faith.

"Kevlar leg fur" has to be up there, too.

mad about that crappy course.

Seriously, that's scary. Sweats or shorts John?

Man, I ain't never goin' back to Texas /msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif
Seriously, glad you survived, John. Would really hate to lose you. Get well soon. rWc

So is that what they call snipe hunting?

Get well soon John!!

Yes, you were shot in the leg, buttt..... hehehehehehe. Gives new meaning to "shot gun start" doesn't it? Buttt really, Mr. Houck, it's only because you're recovering so quickly that we can rib you about it. That said, I'm glad we can rib you about it. /msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif ALL HAIL KELVAR LEG FUR!!!

Thanks again, everyone, for your good wishes. I'm happy to say that I went for a walk on the property yesterday, and I even jogged a few yards. Stairs are still a little tough, but it looks I'm going to be just fine.

I really feel great, and more than anything, I hope that I learn my lesson this time. I once had a bullet miss my head by six inches. As the policeman responding said, "Yeah, Mr. Houck, you almost took the eternal nap." That shook me up, but over the years I pretty much forgot about it. This time I'm determined to remember that every day is precious, and not just because it could be your last.

If anyone's looking for a moral in my story, it's there for you.

Plus I got a helicopter ride out of the deal.

Thanks again for your support. I really do appreciate it.

Love Ya, John.

so did anyone ever hear WHO THESE IDIOTS ARE?

Glad to hear you're OK John. Couldn't believe it when I read about it. Be well - hope to make it down and see your place one of these days.
Craiger

glad to see the incident didn't take away from your great outlook on life and slightly dry humor. /msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif We could all take a lesson or two from you. See you soon.

Are you planning on using tee-timed starts this year at Texas Teams John? The other kind of starts might be a touchy subject around San Saba for a while. /msgboard/images/clipart/happy.gif

I'm glad to hear that you are well John. I'm really glad to hear about how such a close-call has really turned into a positive thing for you. Close-calls like that can really cause one to re-think about what it is and isn't important sometimes...can't wait to hear more about it!

From what I heard through the grapevine, the "shooter" already was on tough times. He had lost his family, his business and alot of his friends from being a "meth Head"

He was not a tournament player, but played in the Dallas area.

2 of the 3 played National Doubles back in 2001!

This incident has caused John Houck to lose another Fantasy Football game. I hope you get well John.

Indianapolis having the most insane combecak in the history of the NFL, a bad call in OT, and a luccky field goal caused me to lose a fantasy game.

My opponent, had Pad Timmons, had Peyton Manning and Mike Vanderjagt. With four minutes left in the game, I had it sewn up. Then hell froze over.

Get your facts straight, Mr. Russian Wrestler.

And lucky me, I had James Mungro and my opponent had Michael Pittman. I had a 6 point lead going into last night and I watched Pittman run up and down the field in the 1st half. I was sure that I was going to lose. In Indi's flurry, Mungro scored and I somehow kept my lead. I'm sorry about your loss John.

john,
i am truly sorry that you had to undergo such an atrocious incident. i'm sure you know that all golfers are with you. i hope to see you soon.
glenn schleicher

Nice to see a thread about a near-death experience turn into a fantasy football rehash show. I suppose it's a good sign.

John, does Bledsoe still wear number 11?

Pair of aces -- very nice, Clue. Now it's a poker thread.

john,

i'm sorry to hear of such a thing happing to the such a great guy as yourself. i wish you all the best of luck in your recovery and if there is anything that i can do please contact me!
people, please look at this sport as a sport and respect it, promote it and tell as many people about our great sport as you can. people that did what they did to one of our discgolf fathers don't belong!
it is our job to carry on the tradition of steady ed and many others to make this sport what it really should be. respect the rules and fun.

John, are you sure the guy did not just mistake you for the deer species "longous windous atdameetingos". If he has used buck shot imagine how efficient you could have become in the bathroom ( oo ) Oh wait, it was the "leg" ;)

When I first heard this story it came across as you shot yourself in the [*****] with your own shotgun.....LOL. I knew this was coming...I have been playing with Dallas players for some time, hehe.

Sorry to hear it had to happen to such a great guy! Speedy Recovery!!!

Hey John! I am glad to see you posting and doing well! I am sorry to hear some sorry --- from up here couldn't control himself. Can't wait to see you next month for Teams!!!

Mary

Big Spring also wishes you a speedy recovery. Unbelievable!!

John, it was a legit call baby. I won my bets on the game, and in fantasy./msgboard/images/clipart/proud.gif
The player that goes up cannot come down on team mates. And Simeon went up and came down on 2 guys.
It IS a rule. Although I will admit I have NEVER seen it used before. HooYa
But simple enough, Tampa shouldnt have given up 21 points in the last 4 minutes. That they did to themselves.

And real sorry to hear what happened. Get well soon.
I have some heavy rocks and some rope in the garage. Maybe they want to go swimmin./msgboard/images/clipart/proud.gif

Dang John,

I leave the country for a few days only to come home and find out that you got shot in the [*****]..er..I mean leg. Glad that it turned out to minor enough that we can give you a hard time about. It's great to hear you are doing okay.

Now about the comeback in the game. Well, I can't feel to bad about that. Remember, I was an Oilers fan back when.......

I'll see you at Teams if not sooner.

Get well soon,
Richard

what a strange story / bizarre occurance.

hope you heal quickly, JH.

whomever did this is a bozoid.

pas bon.

Victor,
Get up here. Now!

You knew he was going to release an album! Here's a snippet.

On Da Porch (http://veepers.hanes.com/service/RetrieveCard?id=79592980-531A-11D8-8DFB-93801D9ED7CE)

That's great.

funny stuff....

John is soul brotha #1 :cool:

John is soul brotha #1 :cool:



Fo Shizzle!!

You knew he was going to release an album! Here's a snippet.

On Da Porch (http://veepers.hanes.com/service/RetrieveCard?id=79592980-531A-11D8-8DFB-93801D9ED7CE)


Oh man! I'm laughin' so hard that my eyes are tearing up! The wink at the end gets me almost as much as the lyrics! I like the accent too, just like the one a leprauchaun should have :D

hillarious!!

good stuff!:D

this is kinda off the track, but does Mr. Houck acually play disc golf or is he just a spokesman??? ive looked at his pdga number and he has no rating or tourny points?? whats the deal with this guy?

I'm sure he plays but I bet it is hard to find the time between throwing bad ***** tournaments and designing some of the best **** courses.

I've seen "Mr. Houck" carry a bag full of discs for 36 holes and not throw a single one of them.

Rappin, in addition to being a bad-***'d course designer, plays Ultimate in his spare time, I believe. He does play DG, on rare occasions, rumor has it. He is also rumored to have participated in Scott Stokely's porn experiments, but I have no first-hand knowledge of that last rumor. Isn't beastiality against the law?

goodness, bobby!

Talk about one disturbing visual image!!!