Sport & Hobbies
Sports and Hobbies: Weapon of choice
7 May 2012
This month Chas Baird looks at why the .22 became so popular.
Sports and Hobbies: Stone the crows
7 November 2011.
Farmers often get the blame for a decline in the songbird population, but are predatory birds the real culprits? Chas Baird believes birds of the corvid family are among the chief suspects.
Sports and Hobbies: It’s calmer with a llama
5 September 2011.
Chas Baird meets some South American ‘sheep sentinels’ in Staffordshire.
Charity clay shoot
15 August 2011.
THE Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) and Breast Cancer Care will benefit from a charity clay shoot in Nottinghamshire on Saturday September 10.
It will take place at Copper Beeches shooting ground, Cuckney Rd, Nether Langwith NG20 9JQ from 12pm onwards.
Sports and Hobbies: Playing the line
4 July 2011.
Chas Baird tries his hand at casting and finds the fly rig a lot lighter than his usual kit.
Student charity clay shoot
4 March 2011.
THE Harper Adams Shooting Club and Field Sports Society are arranging a charity clay pigeon shoot for Help for Heroes with the aim of doubling the amount raised last year.
The big event will take place on Saturday, 12 March at Doveridge Clay Sports Club, in Uttoxeter, Derbyshire with cash prizes of £100, £75 and £25.
Sports & Hobbies: 'Air' goes the farmer's gun
7 February 2011.
Chas Baird looks at the best air weapons for tackling those problem pests around the yard.
Sport & Hobbies: A green oasis in the urban sprawl
10 January 2011.
This month Chas Baird goes down on the farm – not as you’d expect in the heart of the countryside but within the vast conurbation around Birmingham.
Sport & Hobbies: Rider’s progress - into a canter
6 December 2010.
Chas Baird moves on to the biggest mount in the yard – but decides he's not quite ready for Boxing Day hunting
Sport & Hobbies: Game in season
1 November 2010.
Chas Baird returns to shooting for this month’s article and has his sights set on the different types of quarry and the seasons which apply.
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