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I've never hooked an egret or a great blue herron.. both are in close proximity to where i fish ....I spook them often as they fish the shallows as i drift bye.. the sqwaking always scares the crap out of me... I did set back on a fox once the pounced on an eel I had tossed onto the sand during an extra long cast just above the water line ..he/she must have been hunting plover chicks.. I never saw it until it pounced... when I "set the hook" trying to get my eel back before it bolted down it's intended meal the damn thing must have jumped 5' in the air... the fox got the eel.. I got my hook back..it ended well...
glad you and the bird are no worse for wear...and just a tad wiser...
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