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Matthew Shane Brown

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Nevadan by choice , he spends most of the year aimlessly driving the West in search of elk, birds, and trout.
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The Big, Beautiful Bill’s Public Lands Sell-Off

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • June 18, 2025
The Big, Beautiful Bill's Public Lands Sell-Off
The stream of new and changing news over the last few months has been like drinking from a firehose, even for those who enjoy following current events and politics. Something…
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Plano Sportsman’s Trunks

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • June 17, 2025
Plano Sportsman’s Trunks
Honestly, I don’t really enjoy writing “gear reviews,” and I think I’m basically alone when it comes to this. There is little artistic merit involved in these things. A lot…
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Vortex Viper Binoculars

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • June 10, 2025
Vortex Viper Binoculars
While I no doubt appreciate the highest end of the optics bell curve, I, like most people, also look for the perfect intersection of quality and value — the ideal…
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Couldn’t Care Less

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • May 20, 2025
I did some spring cleaning recently. A primary objective was to clear out an old dresser in the spare room that had been serving as storage for all of the…
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A Fly Fisherman in a Spin Casting World

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • May 1, 2025
On the internet, you can find a lot of insane opinions about any topic you’d like. Sometimes, the joke gets taken so far that I think people repeat it simply…
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Practical Steels for Hunting Knives and Buck’s 420HC

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • April 29, 2025
Perhaps ten or fifteen years ago, I recall that one of the hottest things in the knife world were boutique steels with weird names. Ultra-tough, ultra-durable. CruWear. Elmax, Maxamet. S110V.…
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Time And Place

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • April 22, 2025
March and April are weird months for me in general. Nothing going on, really. Bird season is over and I’m fresh off our annual javelina hunt. Most days, it’s usually…
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Tyto 1.1 Knife

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • April 15, 2025
Tyto 1.1 Knife
I had been skeptical of the scalpel-bladed hunting knives since, approximately, I first heard about them. I’m a skeptical guy in general — leery of marketing verbiage, and usually of…
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The Faithful Servant, The Wingmaster

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • April 10, 2025
Remington 870, The Wingmaster
Back in the good old days, perhaps around ten years ago, you could walk around any gun show in America and have your pick of Remington 870 Wingmasters for around…
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Caldwell Stinger Shooting Rest

  • Matthew Shane Brown
  • April 3, 2025
Caldwell Stinger Shooting Rest
As one matures and takes the science of shooting more seriously, one’s attention inevitably turns to the tools of that particular trade; the things that make these exploits both more…
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