Will Leschper
Will Leschper is founder of The Texas Outdoor Digest. His work has been recognized by Texas state and national outdoor writer organizations with multiple first-place Excellence In Craft finishes. He is a regular contributor to the Journal of the Texas Trophy Hunters, in addition to writing for plenty of now-defunct publications.
The old joke goes something like this: “If a feral hog sow produces a dozen piglets, 13 survive.”
However, no one’s laughing, certainly not farmers and landowners whose crops and fields prime for rooting continually are devastated by a growing menace.
It’s no secret that feral hogs have had a detrimental...
Oregon-owned company Bold Ideas, which owns Colt Competition, has confirmed that the rifle manufacturer is opening a plant in Breckenridge, according to this report from the Abilene Reporter-News.
Colt, which is based in Connecticut, manufactures three kinds of semi-automatic rifles, including the AR-15. The move comes as the state passed...
Texas game wardens and Williamson County sheriff’s deputies serving a search warrant at a residence over the weekend seized a collection of illegally taken wildlife mounts, a quantity of marijuana and $4,000 in cash.
The search began about 11:30 a.m. Saturday, and a 55-year-old man was taken into custody, according...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens seized more than two tons of marijuana worth nearly $4 million last week.
“This is one of if not the largest drug seizure by Texas game wardens in the history of our agency,” said TPWD Law Enforcement Director Craig Hunter, in a news...
Two years after the worst spring turkey hunting season in Texas in three decades, things are looking up for gobbler fanatics.
The spring Rio Grande turkey season is now open across the state, and by all accounts 2013 has shaped up as a rebound year for production, carryover and harvest...
Pulsar has introduced the Digisight N750, which is engineered for operation in daytime or complete darkness. Similar to its award-winning predecessor, the Digisight N550, rated best night vision riflescope in 2011 by Optics Planet, the N750's one-shot zeroing method offers less time to zero in and offers little room...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved an experimental pronghorn buck season in some areas of the Panhandle, which would allow landowners to control the harvest of buck pronghorn antelope.
In addition, an extension to the existing mule deer managed lands deer permits season will be part of changes to...
Texas bass fishing is living large.
And that’s not just lip service about the bucketmouth fish that have become the top angling target not only across the state but also the country.
Bassmaster magazine last year released its list of the best 100 U.S. bass lakes and Texas led the way...
A bobwhite enthusiast in Texas kicked off fundraising for the new Bobwhite Foundation with a $100,000 endowment -- and a promise to match as much as $1 million in donations from other sources during the next two years.
Joe Crafton, founder and chair of Park Cities Quail in Dallas, made...
The Dallas Safari Club will grant more than a million dollars for conservation, education and hunter advocacy efforts worldwide for the second year in a row.
The club's funding commitment for 2013 is $1,010,000 -- a record for the organization.
The allocation follows major growth in the DSC annual convention and...