Axe throwing

[Crow Hunter]

This past weekend my wife convinced me to go with her on a double date with a friend from her work. The friend wanted to go to a new place in town where you throw axes at a target.

I had a BLAST. If you haven't gotten to do it, you should definitely try it.

I took to it immediately, must be my Viking/Frankish ancestry. :cool:

My wife, on the other hand..... She was no shield maiden, but she still thoroughly enjoyed it and wants to do it again.

They wanted to keep score and I kept beating them so badly that I switched to using the 2 handed axe, which was more challenging for me to use and I had to stand back farther to get the spin I needed.

We will definitely go again.

Anyone else tried it?

[mtnbkr]

This past weekend my wife convinced me to go with her on a double date with a friend from her work. The friend wanted to go to a new place in town where you throw axes at a target.

I had a BLAST. If you haven't gotten to do it, you should definitely try it.

I took to it immediately, must be my Viking/Frankish ancestry. :cool:

My wife, on the other hand..... She was no shield maiden, but she still thoroughly enjoyed it and wants to do it again.

They wanted to keep score and I kept beating them so badly that I switched to using the 2 handed axe, which was more challenging for me to use and I had to stand back farther to get the spin I needed.

We will definitely go again.

Anyone else tried it?

I haven't tried it, but I've noticed it becoming a thing with dedicated venues opening up (a range in SW VA has an axe throwing side biz).

A friend of mine has gotten into knife throwing, which is related I suppose.

Chris

[RoyGBiv]

Wife did it at a work event. Loved it.
When I think about throwing axes for entertainment, I think about the many idiots I've seen almost shoot themselves or me at the range.
Feels like I'd be safer riding my motorcycle.

[Crow Hunter]

Wife did it at a work event. Loved it.
When I think about throwing axes for entertainment, I think about the many idiots I've seen almost shoot themselves or me at the range.
Feels like I'd be safer riding my motorcycle.

At the "range" that we were at, the distance from the target was far enough away that the axes lost most of their kinetic energy by the time they "returned" we found this out multiple times with my wife and her female friend. I wouldn't want to have open toed shoes though because the axes were sharp.

When we were there we were the only ones on that side of the building.

However, this place does sell alcohol, which to me is not terribly wise, IMHO. We were there really early, so we didn't really have a lot of people there.

[Guerrero]

This being Wisconsin, we have a few axe-throwing BARS in town.

Booze and axes, a great combination.

[blues]

I had an advert in my rural mailbox a week or two back inviting me to participate in an ax throwing event of some sort locally.

Yeah...it might be fun on my own property...alone or with a buddy. (With someone else's ax.)

I don't think it's in the cards.

[Crow Hunter]

I haven't tried it, but I've noticed it becoming a thing with dedicated venues opening up (a range in SW VA has an axe throwing side biz).

A friend of mine has gotten into knife throwing, which is related I suppose.

Chris

I have been trying to throw knives for years, but have never really been very good at it. My knife throwing is like my wife's axe throwing.:rolleyes:

However, for whatever reason, I rarely missed with the axes. My wife said I was sticking more than 4 out of 5 throws and I was picking and hitting the target I wanted to get the score I wanted and that was counting using the double handed axes, which I had much more trouble with.

I definitely enjoyed it much more than my wife's bowling league, which is the other thing that my wife drags me into.;)

[Lon]

There’s a local axe place that I plan on trying out this summer. If I get good enough, they do a Tuesday night league.

[DC_P]

I have seen it on TV a few times. Can't remember what channel (one of the sports ones) but it was on the weekend. Apparently there is a National Championship and professional league.

[Dog Guy]

I have been trying to throw knives for years, but have never really been very good at it. My knife throwing is like my wife's axe throwing.:rolleyes:

However, for whatever reason, I rarely missed with the axes. My wife said I was sticking more than 4 out of 5 throws and I was picking and hitting the target I wanted to get the score I wanted and that was counting using the double handed axes, which I had much more trouble with.

I definitely enjoyed it much more than my wife's bowling league, which is the other thing that my wife drags me into.;)

If you can't find a way to combine axe throwing with league bowling in a Wisconsin bar, then America is truly without hope.

[blues]

If you can't find a way to combine axe throwing with league bowling in a Wisconsin bar, then America is truly without hope.

I guess if he continues to Chippewa(y) at the problem, eventually he'll find a solution.

[Oldherkpilot]

Wife did it at a work event. Loved it.
When I think about throwing axes for entertainment, I think about the many idiots I've seen almost shoot themselves or me at the range.
Feels like I'd be safer riding my motorcycle.

Ah, but you might be able to dodge an axe coming at you. Which leads me to "if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."😁

[rd62]

There's a place near my house the wife and I went to on a date night. We had a good time.

They sell alcohol too, which I also thought was a bad idea.

The axes were NOT sharp, possibly due to mishandling by the clientele and which added to the challenge.

[FAS1]

Ah, but you might be able to dodge an axe coming at you. Which leads me to "if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."😁


Gotta have some good reflexes!


https://youtu.be/i-dnGSfmA9Y?t=6

[Crow Hunter]

Gotta have some good reflexes!


https://youtu.be/i-dnGSfmA9Y?t=6

Yipes!

That is what my wife kept doing, minus the bouncing back at her head. She sank it into the wood under the target more often than the target itself. I kept telling her to let it go but she kept holding on to it like it owed her money. Luckily she isn't that tall/muscular and wasn't able to put that much "stank" into it. I'll show this to her tonight and maybe she will be more happy about being "little and weak". The other young lady were were with was much more like this young lady and really able to "sling it" and was doing a much better job of getting the axe down to the target. Luckily she had better control than my wife.

I guess there are small blessings.:cool:

(That also appeared to be closer to the target than we were)

[Crow Hunter]

If you can't find a way to combine axe throwing with league bowling in a Wisconsin bar, then America is truly without hope.

I'm in West TN. Guerrero is the poor guy up in the Great White North.:cool:

Around here, you are lucky to find a town that has a bowling alley. Most of them closed years ago.

We still have one because of all the company bowling leagues. I am hoping to maybe talk my wife into having her company do an axe league instead of bowling. I wouldn't mind wearing her companies axe league shirts. :)

[JCL]

Axes are for people who can't throw shovels.

[Rick R]

My wife and I along with some friends went to place in Lancaster PA that sold mead and had axe throwing. There was an axe instructor present during the hurling (of axes) and even with the high ABV of mead it seemed relatively safe.

FWIW my beloved beat me with her last throw. A wise man knows when to let the redhead who’s drinking mead and flinging axes have her victory.

[JCN]

https://youtu.be/Mk2vAfFQSrA

[1slow]

This is why targets should be made of wood with the end grain facing the thrower.

At age 12, I was throwing a 7" blade bayonet (back when they were $6) at a power pole. If it hits wrong it will return at speed !