Really, Seriously?
You'll not learn a darned think about throwing if you do it at a hay bale except that it "sticks".
you'll have to
explain further to make any sense.
....that's also
assuming i don't throw them into
anything else....
personally, i'm just 'glad my
little girls never learned your opinion; they can
outstick most fat guys with attitudes on any target, soft or hard...
i have enjoyed making money off of a few bets with those loud mouths aginst my 12 year-old. 
:thumbup:
with
hay,
...you can learn
form.
...you can learn
distance gauging.
...
novitiates can become more accustomed,
faster, to the weapon, without fear that slows the learning process.
movement drills can be a
lot safer, and with a coach watching the path of the hawk in midair, small adjustments can be made adn good advice given on the spot, saving a lot of session time.
....all without
wrecking your hawks over time.
you know how it goes;
if you don't like a way of doing things,
don't do it.
i have
re-hafted probably 800 tomahawks with my composite hafts in the last couple years alone - throwing them into hay lets me check their
balance and tracking before they ship. then i just polish them up and toss them in a box....
so there is an advanatge to using hay besides just
practice - it's also good for
hawk diagnostics.
I let my kids throw at hay bales, my students throw at targets.
well,
you sound really smart, ...but since throwing hawks'
original intention was to stick in something
two-legged and ALIVE, that was about as
hard (overall) as a hay bale, i think it is a good idea.
hang a
cross-section of a log on it if you want something hard.
the hay's a great backstop still.
:thumbup:
vec
