Throwing hawks

[Gobblerforge]

Out side my shop I have a tomahawk target that I built a while ago. There is always a hawk stuck in it so that I can, at a moments notice, throw a few. Last May a friend of mine, Jim, was at my hammer-in and did a quick demo on making a small hawk. Well it made it to the target so now I pick up both and throw one after the other. I started getting the feel for throwing two different size hawks and after a while started hitting the first with the second on some throws. This let me know my grouping was good. Yesterday I picked them up and after about the first half dozen throws this happened. The small hawk never made it to the target.
Gobbler

[firefuzz]

Cool. That's a skill I've long wished to develope.

Rob

[TedH]

Nice job!

[Doc Hudson]

Neat trick!

now if you can get good enough to do that on purpose, we might get you on "America's Got Talent" next year.
Throwing knives, hawks ans spears can be fun, entertaining and good hand-eye training. But truth is, I've never much cottoned to the idea of throwing a weapon to an enemy, even if it approaches sharp end foremost.

[rjohns94]

That is awesome. I have been trying to come up with an idea of bracing a throwing log to make a target in my back yard. Love your set up there. I have been playing with a hawk and a throwing knife for a couple of months now. Thanks for the post.

[Simplyrugged]

You have "split the arrow"! Very good. I enjoy throwing hawks, have a small pile around the shop , Looks like I need to build a target.

[Rusty]

Well I be hanged... he done Robin Hoodded a hawk .

[Hobie]

Worthy of some photos!

Now, go out and kill a ground squirrel with one. It only took me 6 weeks of lunches and about 2000 throws...

[deerwhacker444]

You ever play "handles"..? Bunch of guys line up, first guy throws and everyone else throws at his hawk handle. The trick is to learn to throw the hawk backwards and when it lands, the handle falls out and lays on the ground where nobody can hit it. Fun if you can do it...

[KirkD]

That is good throwing, and also looks like a fun way to spend a few minutes whenever time permits during the day.

[Shasta]

Having spent time at various local rendezvous for over 30 years, I have seen a 'hawk handle or two stuck by subsequent knife or 'hawk throws, but never one like that! Definitely worth a picture and thanks for sharing.

I don't practice tomahawk & knife throwing much anymore, but when I did do a lot of practice, I had two sets of blocks set up so that I could throw at one block, go retrieve my 'hawk and knife, and turn around and throw back to the other block. This effectively reduced my time spent retrieving and increased my time spent throwing. Yep, I am lazy!

SHASTA

[Ysabel Kid]