{"id":8726,"date":"2017-10-14T17:32:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T00:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=8726"},"modified":"2017-10-17T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T00:35:46","slug":"hatchet-throwing-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2017\/10\/14\/hatchet-throwing-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"Hatchet Throwing, Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<h1″>Hatchet throwing a new pastime in America<\/p>\n

by\u00a0Thomas URBAIN<\/p>\n

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Eatontown (United States) (AFP) – What better, safer way to have fun than drink beer and throw a hatchet?<\/p>\n

This is now a thing in America, a new pastime, and it’s spreading.<\/p>\n

On a busy Friday night at Stumpy’s Hatchet House in New Jersey, it sounds like this: the thud of the blade sticking into a wooden target, people cheering a good toss, and a bell ringing out when somebody scores a bull’s eye.<\/p>\n

Its four founders say this place, which opened 18 months ago, is the first of its kind in the US, although Canada is generally considered the cradle of competitive hatchet-hurling.<\/p>\n

Such spots are now found in Chicago, Washington, Nashville and Denver, among other US cities.<\/p>\n

Stumpy’s owners are talking about opening another elsewhere in New Jersey and have even started offering franchise arrangements. They hope to have a network of 15 within a year.<\/p>\n

“This is the next bowling,” said Kelly Josberger, a former elementary school principal aged 51 who decided to change careers. Like her three partners, she had never before run a business.<\/p>\n

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