All Access. All in one subscription. From $2 per week
Subscribe now

All Access Weekly

From $2 per week
Pay just
$15.75
$2
per week ongoing
Subscribe now
BEST VALUE

All Access Annual

Pay just
$449
$49
per year ongoing
Subscribe now
Learn more
30
NZ Herald
  • Home
  • Latest news
  • Herald NOW
  • Video
  • New Zealand
  • Sport
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Podcasts
  • Quizzes
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Viva
  • Weather

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • New Zealand
    • All New Zealand
    • Crime
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Open Justice
    • Scam Update
  • Herald NOW
  • On The Up
  • World
    • All World
    • Australia
    • Asia
    • UK
    • United States
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • Pacific
  • Business
    • All Business
    • MarketsSharesCurrencyCommoditiesStock TakesCrypto
    • Markets with Madison
    • Media Insider
    • Business analysis
    • Personal financeKiwiSaverInterest ratesTaxInvestment
    • EconomyInflationGDPOfficial cash rateEmployment
    • Small business
    • Business reportsMood of the BoardroomProject AucklandSustainable business and financeCapital markets reportAgribusiness reportInfrastructure reportDynamic business
    • Deloitte Top 200 Awards
    • CompaniesAged CareAgribusinessAirlinesBanking and financeConstructionEnergyFreight and logisticsHealthcareManufacturingMedia and MarketingRetailTelecommunicationsTourism
  • Opinion
    • All Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Editorials
    • Business analysis
    • Premium opinion
    • Letters to the editor
  • Politics
  • Sport
    • All Sport
    • OlympicsParalympics
    • RugbySuper RugbyNPCAll BlacksBlack FernsRugby sevensSchool rugby
    • CricketBlack CapsWhite Ferns
    • Racing
    • NetballSilver Ferns
    • LeagueWarriorsNRL
    • FootballWellington PhoenixAuckland FCAll WhitesFootball FernsEnglish Premier League
    • GolfNZ Open
    • MotorsportFormula 1
    • Boxing
    • UFC
    • BasketballNBABreakersTall BlacksTall Ferns
    • Tennis
    • Cycling
    • Athletics
    • SailingAmerica's CupSailGP
    • Rowing
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Viva - Food, fashion & beauty
    • Society Insider
    • Royals
    • Sex & relationships
    • Food & drinkRecipesRecipe collectionsRestaurant reviewsRestaurant bookings
    • Health & wellbeing
    • Fashion & beauty
    • Pets & animals
    • The Selection - Shop the trendsShop fashionShop beautyShop entertainmentShop giftsShop home & living
    • Milford's Investing Place
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • TV
    • MoviesMovie reviews
    • MusicMusic reviews
    • BooksBook reviews
    • Culture
    • ReviewsBook reviewsMovie reviewsMusic reviewsRestaurant reviews
  • Travel
    • All Travel
    • News
    • New ZealandNorthlandAucklandWellingtonCanterburyOtago / QueenstownNelson-TasmanBest NZ beaches
    • International travelAustraliaPacific IslandsEuropeUKUSAAfricaAsia
    • Rail holidays
    • Cruise holidays
    • Ski holidays
    • Luxury travel
    • Adventure travel
  • Kāhu Māori news
  • Environment
    • All Environment
    • Our Green Future
  • Talanoa Pacific news
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Property Insider
    • Interest rates tracker
    • Residential property listings
    • Commercial property listings
  • Health
  • Technology
    • All Technology
    • AI
    • Social media
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
    • Opinion
    • Audio & podcasts
  • Weather forecasts
    • All Weather forecasts
    • Kaitaia
    • Whangārei
    • Dargaville
    • Auckland
    • Thames
    • Tauranga
    • Hamilton
    • Whakatāne
    • Rotorua
    • Tokoroa
    • Te Kuiti
    • Taumaranui
    • Taupō
    • Gisborne
    • New Plymouth
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Dannevirke
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Levin
    • Paraparaumu
    • Masterton
    • Wellington
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Blenheim
    • Westport
    • Reefton
    • Kaikōura
    • Greymouth
    • Hokitika
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
    • Wānaka
    • Oamaru
    • Queenstown
    • Dunedin
    • Gore
    • Invercargill
  • Meet the journalists
  • Promotions & competitions
  • OneRoof property listings
  • Driven car news

Puzzles & Quizzes

  • Puzzles
    • All Puzzles
    • Sudoku
    • Code Cracker
    • Crosswords
    • Cryptic crossword
    • Wordsearch
  • Quizzes
    • All Quizzes
    • Morning quiz
    • Afternoon quiz
    • Sports quiz

Regions

  • Northland
    • All Northland
    • Far North
    • Kaitaia
    • Kerikeri
    • Kaikohe
    • Bay of Islands
    • Whangarei
    • Dargaville
    • Kaipara
    • Mangawhai
  • Auckland
  • Waikato
    • All Waikato
    • Hamilton
    • Coromandel & Hauraki
    • Matamata & Piako
    • Cambridge
    • Te Awamutu
    • Tokoroa & South Waikato
    • Taupō & Tūrangi
  • Bay of Plenty
    • All Bay of Plenty
    • Katikati
    • Tauranga
    • Mount Maunganui
    • Pāpāmoa
    • Te Puke
    • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Hawke's Bay
    • All Hawke's Bay
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Havelock North
    • Central Hawke's Bay
    • Wairoa
  • Taranaki
    • All Taranaki
    • Stratford
    • New Plymouth
    • Hāwera
  • Manawatū - Whanganui
    • All Manawatū - Whanganui
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Manawatū
    • Tararua
    • Horowhenua
  • Wellington
    • All Wellington
    • Kapiti
    • Wairarapa
    • Upper Hutt
    • Lower Hutt
  • Nelson & Tasman
    • All Nelson & Tasman
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Tasman
  • Marlborough
  • West Coast
  • Canterbury
    • All Canterbury
    • Kaikōura
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
  • Otago
    • All Otago
    • Oamaru
    • Dunedin
    • Balclutha
    • Alexandra
    • Queenstown
    • Wanaka
  • Southland
    • All Southland
    • Invercargill
    • Gore
    • Stewart Island
  • Gisborne

Media

  • Video
    • All Video
    • NZ news video
    • Herald NOW
    • Business news video
    • Politics news video
    • Sport video
    • World news video
    • Lifestyle video
    • Entertainment video
    • Travel video
    • Markets with Madison
    • Kea Kids news
  • Podcasts
    • All Podcasts
    • The Front Page
    • On the Tiles
    • Ask me Anything
    • The Little Things
  • Cartoons
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / New Zealand

Hunters buy Flapping Splashers and duck butts

Kirsty Wynn
By Kirsty Wynn
Reporter·NZ Herald·
6 May, 2016 05:00 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Watch: Chloe Tipple at Gun City Penrose
...
Video Player is loading.
Current Time 0:00
/
Duration 0:00
Loaded: 0%
0:00
Stream Type LIVE
Remaining Time -0:00
 
1x
    • Chapters
    • descriptions off, selected
    • captions settings, opens captions settings dialog
    • captions off, selected

      This is a modal window.

      Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.

      Text
      Text Background
      Caption Area Background
      Font Size
      Text Edge Style
      Font Family

      End of dialog window.

      This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.

      Autoplay in
      2
      Disable Autoplay
      Cancel Video
      NOW PLAYING • Watch: Chloe Tipple at Gun City Penrose
      ...

      Duck-shooting season starts today with three extra high-tech gadgets at the modern hunter's disposal.

      The life-like Flapping Splasher is one of three new decoys designed by Christchurch company Outdoor Outfitters to get the attention of feathered prey overhead.

      The remote-controlled, lithium battery-powered decoy flaps its wings just like a real duck and a bilge pump puts an enticing ripple on the water.

      "The best thing is they have a remote so they can be turned off," said Quintin Blacklock of Outdoor Outfitters.

      "The old ones run constantly so birds get used to them, or the decoy would turn on at the wrong time and scare the birds away."

      All Access. All in one subscription. From $2 per week
      Subscribe now

      All Access Weekly

      From $2 per week
      Pay just
      $15.75
      $2
      per week ongoing
      Subscribe now
      BEST VALUE

      All Access Annual

      Pay just
      $449
      $49
      per year ongoing
      Subscribe now
      Learn more
      30
      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.
      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.

      Purist hunters armed with wooden duck calls may turn their noses up at the fancy wings and water jets of the Flapping Splasher but stockist David Tipple at Gun City said the decoy, priced at $399, had been popular.

      Other new designs include a Mallard Motion Feeder or "duck butt" decoy, which simulates a duck bottom feeding, and a Swimming Mallard, which can be controlled from 50m away.

      Mr Tipple said most hunters bought all three to maximise their hit rate.

      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.

      The past two seasons had also seen the rise in popularity of the Molesworth laydown blind.

      It is also known as the "coffin blind" because hunters lie on a padded backrest and sit up when ducks fly overhead.

      "They are easy to pack down and move to where the birds are, which you can't do with a built mai-mai," Mr Blacklock said.

      Fish and Game spokesman Don Rood said an increase in the duck population this year meant some regions had extended the season.

      Shredded duck & cabbage salad

      Duck Salad at Madam Woo. Photo / Supplied
      Duck Salad at Madam Woo. Photo / Supplied

      Kiwi chef Josh Emett is a keen duck hunter. And the celebrity chef will be joining hunters seeking to bag some ducks during the 2016 season.

      Here is a favourite recipe which is served at his Madam Woo restaurants.

      Ingredients

      100g five-spice roast duck*

      100g shredded cabbage

      50g cucumber (matchsticks)

      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.

      5g red chilli (sliced)

      5g spring onion

      15g dried shallot

      30ml lime dressing (see recipe below)

      10ml chilli oil

      10g crushed peanuts

      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.

      salt to taste

      *Could substitute for 2 duck legs, rubbed with the dry spice marinate, then sprinkled with pepper, szechuan pepper and salt.

      Roast duck

      1 whole duck

      120g dry spice marinate (see recipe below)

      5g crushed black pepper

      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.

      5g crushed szechuan pepper

      30g salt

      Method

      Remove the duck neck, wingtips, bottom and feet and then butterfly before roasting. Make sure you pat dry the carcass.

      Apply the dry spice marinate on the inside of the duck, not the skin, and marinate for ½ hour.

      After that, place the butterflied duck on a roasting rack, and sprinkle the crushed black pepper, szechuan pepper and salt evenly on the skin of the duck before roasting.

      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.

      Put into an oven preheated to 200C and roast for 1 hour.

      Once cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool down before picking the meat and slicing thinly.

      Mix well, check the seasoning if salt is needed before dividing into 100g portions. Keep in fridge before use.

      Five-spice roast duck dry spice rub marinate

      140g garlic

      40g ginger

      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.

      32g Chinese five-spice

      20g ground coriander

      100g gluten-free soy sauce

      60g Chinese cooking wine

      Method

      Place all the ingredients in blender and blend to a smooth paste.

      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.

      Lime dressing

      440g lime juice (fresh)

      400g pickling liquid (see recipe from marinate)

      240g fish sauce

      Method

      Combine ingredients and mix well.

      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.
      Save

        Share this article

      Latest from New Zealand

      Politics

      ‘Don't want war’: Jackson on the Labour-Te Pati Māori relationship

      08 Jun 01:00 AM
      Premium
      New Zealand

      Hastings Boys' High score 35 unanswered points to come back to beat arch rivals

      08 Jun 12:01 AM
      New Zealand|crimeUpdated

      Watch: Man who drove wrong way on motorway three times appeals convictions

      08 Jun 12:00 AM

      Why Cambridge is the new home of future-focused design

      sponsored
      Advertisement
      Advertise with NZME.
      Recommended for you
      ‘Don't want war’: Jackson on the Labour-Te Pati Māori relationship
      Politics

      ‘Don't want war’: Jackson on the Labour-Te Pati Māori relationship

      08 Jun 01:00 AM
      Colombian presidential candidate shot and wounded - reports
      World

      Colombian presidential candidate shot and wounded - reports

      08 Jun 12:20 AM
      Tesla loses $249b as Musk-Trump feud erupts, shaking business empire
      World

      Tesla loses $249b as Musk-Trump feud erupts, shaking business empire

      08 Jun 12:08 AM
      Tauranga residents protest 5G tower plan
      Bay of Plenty Times

      Tauranga residents protest 5G tower plan

      08 Jun 12:00 AM
      The big return: Why the Sunday roast is back in fashion
      Lifestyle

      The big return: Why the Sunday roast is back in fashion

      08 Jun 12:00 AM

      Latest from New Zealand

      ‘Don't want war’: Jackson on the Labour-Te Pati Māori relationship

      ‘Don't want war’: Jackson on the Labour-Te Pati Māori relationship

      08 Jun 01:00 AM

      The Labour MP believes he may have upset Te Pati Māori.

      Premium
      Hastings Boys' High score 35 unanswered points to come back to beat arch rivals

      Hastings Boys' High score 35 unanswered points to come back to beat arch rivals

      08 Jun 12:01 AM
      Watch: Man who drove wrong way on motorway three times appeals convictions

      Watch: Man who drove wrong way on motorway three times appeals convictions

      08 Jun 12:00 AM
      Christchurch pornographer pleads guilty to sex trafficking

      Christchurch pornographer pleads guilty to sex trafficking

      07 Jun 11:45 PM
      Clean water fuelling Pacific futures
      sponsored

      Clean water fuelling Pacific futures

      NZ Herald
      • About NZ Herald
      • Meet the journalists
      • Newsletters
      • Classifieds
      • Help & support
      • Contact us
      • House rules
      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms of use
      • Competition terms & conditions
      • Our use of AI
      Subscriber Services
      • NZ Herald e-editions
      • Daily puzzles & quizzes
      • Manage your digital subscription
      • Manage your print subscription
      • Subscribe to the NZ Herald newspaper
      • Subscribe to Herald Premium
      • Gift a subscription
      • Subscriber FAQs
      • Subscription terms & conditions
      • Promotions and subscriber benefits
      NZME Network
      • The New Zealand Herald
      • The Northland Age
      • The Northern Advocate
      • Waikato Herald
      • Bay of Plenty Times
      • Rotorua Daily Post
      • Hawke's Bay Today
      • Whanganui Chronicle
      • Viva
      • NZ Listener
      • What the Actual
      • Newstalk ZB
      • BusinessDesk
      • OneRoof
      • Driven CarGuide
      • iHeart Radio
      • Restaurant Hub
      NZME
      • About NZME
      • NZME careers
      • Advertise with NZME
      • Digital self-service advertising
      • Book your classified ad
      • Photo sales
      • NZME Events
      • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
      All Access. All in one subscription. From $2 per week
      Subscribe now

      All Access Weekly

      From $2 per week
      Pay just
      $15.75
      $2
      per week ongoing
      Subscribe now
      BEST VALUE

      All Access Annual

      Pay just
      $449
      $49
      per year ongoing
      Subscribe now
      Learn more
      30
      TOP
      search by queryly Advanced Search