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BY CHLOE YOUNG
Tomahawk Targets o ers ax-throwing targets, fun While spending more than three years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Greg Kelley learned skills that would lay the foundation for his future business—using power tools and woodworking. Following his exoneration in 2019, Kelley began throwing axes as a hobby. This transformed into a growing business in 2020 when he founded Toma- hawk Targets. The Liberty Hill-based business sells thousands of custom-made ax-throwing targets to customers online and provides mobile ax-throwing experiences at events throughout Texas. The gist Tomahawk Targets’ mobile trailers allow anyone ages 12 and up to try ax throwing at events ranging from birthday parties to church gatherings. “Events were in high demand, and I wanted to cater toward something not a lot of other people are doing,” Kelley said. Customers can also purchase handcrafted ax-throwing targets through the business’s website, Amazon and Etsy, Kelley said. Why it matters Kelley said he wants customers to know their pur- chases support a greater cause. In May, he founded The Vindication Foundation to raise awareness, provide education around criminal justice reform and o er legal aid to those wrongfully accused. “You’re supporting a passion that was developed in the most unconventional ways, and you’re sup- porting me on regaining my freedom,” Kelley said.
Tomahawk Targets owner Greg Kelley started the business in 2020 using the skills he learned while in prison for more than three years before being exonerated in 2019.
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Tomahawk Targets’ mobile trailers bring ax throwing to various events in the Austin area.
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Tomahawk Targets sells ax-throwing targets online.
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