b'HUNTING Bagging a pheasant is worth three ducks in the writers mind, a good looking and cunning game bird that is the best when cooked.WALKING WITH DOG The thrill of an exploding bird from cover in front of your dog The plus side of having sunny conditions means you can go walking with the gunand nailing the pheasant, which is then retrieved by the dog is dog to look for pheasant and quail.Theyone of the best highs you can experience game bird hunting.always like to come out to enjoy the sun and we look to hunt scrubby gullies on farms, the local coastal dune country and pine forestry that offer the bestCock pheasants have long pheasant habitat. spurs for fighting, the longer The pheasant population has explodedthe spurs the older the bird.in Northland in recent years and would be one of if not the top region in Godzone to shoot these cunning birds. We commonly shoot our limits which in Northland is five cocks per day for a hunter.The thrill of an exploding bird from cover in front of your dog and nailing the pheasant, which is then retrieved by the dog is one of the best highs you can experience game bird hunting.94FISHING IN GODZONE MAY/JUN 2023'