Totin' Chip for Adults?

[SSScout 1525]

If you are in suburban Maryland in the near future, you can try your skill at.... wait for it....  Target Axe Throwing 

The first time (the ONLY time)  I tried this,  I bulls eyed, much to everyone's amazement ("awe, he's a Boy Scout leader, I forgot !") .  

This place is a "destination" for private parties, weddings, receptions,  biz meetings, and the like, but they have been much less busy of late, for obvious reasons. Group size limiting, masks and Covid distancing is encouraged and enforced,( to a degree). 

You sign a release,  get a SHORT instruction session from the "guard", and given three axes and your own target.  You can throw more than once, they are strict about walking to the target to retrieve your "implements"  and except for the occasional bounced off the target axe,  kind of interesting.   These are REAL hand axes, sharp, not  BSA  "trade"  hatchets.  

NOT a Scout campground .

Yes, adult beverages are available. AND they have an organic farm with fresh eggs and veggies for sale....

https://bellavitafarm.com/event/sister-axe-throwing-is-open/ 

Note the dates in the webpage.... 

[ParkMan 1293]

I've heard of other, similar places.  BSA is missing an opportunity to incorporate this into the program.

[Jackdaws 59]

I thought about doing axe throwing once at a birthday party held at an entertainment center.   We decided to race the go carts instead.   Right after that I saw a video of where the axe bounced back and about hit a lady in the head.  Luckily she ducked in time.  Yeah no thanks.  I will pass on that activity. 

[walk in the woods 887]

3 hours ago, ParkMan said:

I've heard of other, similar places.  BSA is missing an opportunity to incorporate this into the program.

I did it with my son at PTC 10 or 12 years back.  I seem to recall knife throwing at 2013 Jambo.

[ParkMan 1293]

11 minutes ago, walk in the woods said:

I did it with my son at PTC 10 or 12 years back.  I seem to recall knife throwing at 2013 Jambo.

I stand corrected.  Thank you.

 

[Jameson76 1411]

Our troop does  knife throwing on a regular basis.  Have a mobile target, ribbon off space, use the smaller knives to throw.  Here's a pro-tip, make sure your knives have bright orange on them, or they will in fact get lost in the leaves or ground cover.

We have some throwing hatchets, but have not come up with a decent target that can be mobile.

[qwazse 4235]

Slightly tangential: our new PLC had its first meeting. The concluded that Totin' Chip will be one of the activities to cover in an upcoming meeting.

Edited November 3, 2020 by qwazse

[HICO_Eagle 79]

FWIW, Pikes Peak Council incorporated knife and axe throwing into its annual Shootaramas 4 years ago or so.

[elitts 464]

On 11/2/2020 at 8:46 PM, Jameson76 said:

Our troop does  knife throwing on a regular basis.  Have a mobile target, ribbon off space, use the smaller knives to throw.  Here's a pro-tip, make sure your knives have bright orange on them, or they will in fact get lost in the leaves or ground cover.

We have some throwing hatchets, but have not come up with a decent target that can be mobile.

Try taking some scrap 2x4s and gluing them together "butcher block" style to about 24" wide then cut them to 24"-30" long.  Then glue one 2x4 flat against the length of the back and extend it down about 3'-4'.  Then drill a hole through the top of the 2x4 backing strip and attach a 2x2 on each side of the 2x4 using a threaded bolt to make it stand like a tripod.