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Phil Shoemaker

Sep 23, 2026

8:15
Mm-hmm.
8:16
Um, a, a defensive gun, def- de- a defensive thing, you have to be able to shoot quickly, um, accurately, and when you get a big adrenaline dump, uh, when a bear charges you, and you can hear it, and you know it's close, all your fine motor skills are gone.
8:33
Um, your, you may think you may be the best thing on the range with that great big fif- 500 and be able to, you know, hit a tin cup at 100 yards with it when you're calm, but you try to draw it out of your holster and shoot it in a second and a half and hit anything, uh, especially with a second shot-

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29:02
Do you think they're more irascible, they have a chip on their shoulder because of that, just because they're hungry? It's not that they're targeting you for food all the time, is it?
29:11
No.
29:12
I, I don't know.
29:13
They're, they're ra- they're, uh, they're always hunting for food.
29:16
Um, they're, so they're looking, so...

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