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Axe throwing

Axe throwing: photograph by Wknight94
Photo: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Throw a hatchet so it sticks in a concentric-ring wooden target, scoring by ring.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Canada, United States. It is presented as sport and skill, never as real fighting.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: North America.

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