by Barry Wilcox | Jan 30, 2014 | 'Gramps'
In the 1980’s whilst still living in Dorset (my home county), I was involved in running a pheasant shoot at Wake Farm near Ebbesbourne. The regular guns were a great bunch of guys. always up for a little extra excitement, fun, and new ways to spend money. Times... by Barry Wilcox | Oct 29, 2013 | 'Gramps', Hunting dogs
In the mid 1990’s, I arrived at the “Flying G Ranch” in the Rio Grande area of south Texas. After many successful years in the UK driven game shooting industry, I had been offered the opportunity of a lifetime and my remit was to make the... by Barry Wilcox | Oct 18, 2013 | 'Gramps', Fishing
Not long after the war, when food rationing was still in place, one of my occasional (some may say many!) transgressions took place. I was about 10 years old and my pal Milf and I spent many a happy hour on and around the River Avon at Ringwood in Hampshire. At this... by Barry Wilcox | Sep 16, 2013 | 'Gramps', Shotguns and shooting
Near the end of the Second world war a young German prisoner of war called Heinz (who at 14 years old seemed a low escape risk!) was sent to work with local farmers including my Grandfather. Heinz remained in the village after the war as he had no knowledge of the... by Barry Wilcox | Jul 25, 2013 | 'Gramps', Shotguns and shooting
About 25 years ago I was with ‘Hendry, Ramsay and Wilcox’, Scotland’s premier shooting agents. I recall that on one occasion we were booked to entertain a party of influential Americans for Abercrombie and Fitch, for a weeks driven game shooting in... by Barry Wilcox | Jun 28, 2013 | 'Gramps', Shotguns and shooting
In the mid 1990’s I was living in the Rio Grande area of Texas, where I had been asked to create and manage two wildlife ranches, whilst at the same time trying to run my gun repair business. The ‘Flying G Ranch’ was a huge empty wilderness just a...
