My best friend and I are on a boys and extended weekend mini-vacation, and after shooting guns yesterday (see my review), decided another fun thing to do would be to throw some axes around. Pocono Axe Works was a big hit even with our sore shoulders.
After checking in and verifying that we signed our waivers, we were led to our lane with two targets. Our helpful staffer gave a quick rundown of safety procedures and also a short tutorial of how to throw. We watched and learned and it was our turn.
Both my friend and I have done this before but it was quite some time ago. It took a while to get the hang of getting the right rotations on the axes, and with the different weights of them, I found that I preferred one over the others. But we played multiple games using the scoring of the World Axe Throwing League. 10 rounds, one throw a round. In the end, we were at five games each as winners. One game we only used our less dominant hand to throw which was funny. We inquired about a different game and was told about "Around the World" where you have to score from one to the bullseye and then back to one and lastly a kill shot. I got to the bullseye and finally hit it while my friend got to the five-point before we decided our shoulders were just giving out.
You can bring food and beer/drinks in, and we each had two Yuengling Hershey's Chocolate Porters as we did our thing. We had some great conversation and laughs.
Others were coming in consistently as we were there on this Saturday, and they also have leagues you can sign up for. If you're in a large group, you may want to try and rent multiple lanes as the time it takes for your turn could be long and you are quick to throw. Kinda like bowling. I'd recommend coming with one friend for the practice and then doing the whole group thing.
The single staffer was attentive with everyone and friendly. The facility also has a "gift shop" selling clothing and pillows and other stuff.
My friend and I had a great time overall.
$112 for a two-person two-hour rental including tax. read more