KENNEBEC JOURNAL • April 18, 2022
Mike Yeaton first saw hatchet throwing on TV and thought it was kind of cool. “When we actually went and did it, I decided it was kind of neat,” Yeaton said. “It’s a different sport.” And now, no later than the beginning of May, Yeaton, 46, and partner Mary Young, 41, are bringing their own brand of hatchet throwing to Augusta via Hatchet House, which is slated to open in the Marketplace at Augusta. Hatchet and ax throwing is rooted in woodsmen or lumberjack traditions and competitions, along with wood splitting and chopping, chainsaw events and pulpwood toss. In Maine, a handful of similar businesses currently operate: The Axe Pit in South Portland; Splittin’ Wood Axe Throwing in Lewiston; Smoke and Steel BBQ, a restaurant in Bangor; and G-Force at the Bangor Mall.