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GIVEN, that ours is an outside pursuit, it comes as no surprise that anglers encounter wildlife in one form or another on at least a semi regular basis. Whether these encounters are a positive thing is dependant on the species being encountered and the situation in which the meeting occurs.

I’m a bird lover and I appreciate the birds I come across, be it a flash of blue and a splash as a kingfisher feeds on a bass river, the raucous call of a pair of oyster

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