b'HUNTINGI walked up to about 10m beside her and said Get him Ruby! Suddenly she leapt into thick lupin and cock-cock-cock a big rooster burst 5m in front of her flying hard to my right.I lifted the SX4 and hit him with feathers flying all around.Up the road at the gully and we put up a big pheasant in some patchy gorse and CJ unfortunately missed as he flew into thick pines and cover.We decided to head out to the dunes where we have had good pheasant hunting over the past seasons and as CJ and I walked into a clearing, Ruby started working and I quickly moved up the hill towards the lupin.A cock sawRuby poses with the SX4 and big me at the top about 45m away and gotpheasant that flushed 60m from where up and flew towards me and to my left,the fresh tracks were discovered.about 25m out and the Winchester SX4 smashed him as it dropped like a stone into the flax.We took nearly 15 minutes to find the young bird as it hadnt movedKey Specswhere it landed.Later that afternoon when the guys hadWINCHESTER SX4 12GA SEMI-AUTOgone back to Auckland, I took Ruby to+Barrel length: 28 (710mm)another spot further down the beach to+Overall length: 49 (1244mm)hunt.Upon leaving the ute and walking+Weight: 3kgup into the sand dunes, I noticed clear+Magazine: 4+1 chamberpheasant prints in the sand with a long+Stock: composite synthetictail mark.This got me excited as they+RRP $1,599looked fresh.We headed off down the track in the direction of the footprints andThe Winchester SX4 about 60m along, Ruby froze.I walkedComposite Synthetic stock is up about 10m beside her and said, getalso available in Mossy Oak him Ruby! Suddenly she leapt into thickCamo and Field Walnut.lupin and cock-cock-cock a big rooster burst 5m in front of her flying hard to my right.I lifted the SX4 and hit him hard with feathers flying everywhere.Ruby ran over and brought back the lifeless bird and dropped it at my feet.What an epic flush and a good girl!While being disappointed with the duck shooting, the brace of pheasants made up for it and I had been shooting well with the new Winchester for the first time out using it. It really does come up well and hadnt even noticed the recoil.I was happy and looking forward to getting back out this season to nail a few more birds using it.FIGZ96FISHING IN GODZONE JUL/AUG 2021'