It might sound like a lazy sales pitch but truth be told you can actually learn to throw axes fairly well in a short amount of time. My name is Alex Hutchinson and I'm what you might you call a Taskmaster. I dive into a new sport every couple years and get fairly good at them rather quickly. Why should you listen to me? I started as a kid doing team sports like soccer, baseball and basketball. As a teenager I dove into wrestling, boxing and martial arts. By my thirties I was driving hard in BMX racing and running. I spent several years mountain biking with some cyclocross on the side and even gave the Highland Games a try in my forties. Now at 50 years old I'm shoulder deep in my 12th sport. Alex and his track mates at Charlotte BMX As an adventure writer this type of immersion training was sort of my job and it taught me how to learn just about anything in a short period of time. Don't get me wrong I've never been a National or World Champion but I have earned enough t...

When I decided to get into Axe throwing I knew it would be imperative to have my own target for practice. Searching the web brought countless articles and conversations that preferred specialized wood specifically from a Lumber Mill. My car cannot carry much wood, however, I do have a Home Depot card. More importantly, Home Depot delivers. Cut to the chase, I ordered one piece of plywood 3/4 inch, 4' by 8' to be used as the base. For the contact area I ordered three pieces of Pine Common board 1 inch, 12" by 6'. The three common boards (Which are cheap to buy and replace) are attached with screws. Then I simply hand drew a bullseye and kill shots using 3 colored markers which cost $4. at Dollar General. The target has worked brilliantly thus far. Eight of the first ten axes stuck perfectly while the other two were thrown incorrectly. The total cost was about $170. but I used their ProXtra card and got $50. off the price. Almost half of the price was on delivery but it ...