Post by spence on Mar 19, 2020 13:27:54 GMT -7
With turkey season coming up soon I was thinking about turkey calls. Way back when, I made one from the wing bones of one of the first wild turkeys I took. There are three bones in the wing of a turkey, and a lot of people use all three in making a call. I only used the two smaller ones, and it seems to work very well.
I just boiled the raw bones for a few minutes, scraped all the tissue from the outside, cut the ends off, pushed the marrow from the center with a wire and let them dry well. A little trimming and sanding made them fit together snuggly, and I then used some melted beeswax to "glue" them together. To strengthen the joint I wrapped it well with wet sinew and let it dry. It has held for 20+ years.
It's not an easy call to use, for me, but I keep at it. I've never called in a tom using just that call, but have used it in conjunction with other types of calls to successfully put a bird in the pot.
Spence
I just boiled the raw bones for a few minutes, scraped all the tissue from the outside, cut the ends off, pushed the marrow from the center with a wire and let them dry well. A little trimming and sanding made them fit together snuggly, and I then used some melted beeswax to "glue" them together. To strengthen the joint I wrapped it well with wet sinew and let it dry. It has held for 20+ years.
It's not an easy call to use, for me, but I keep at it. I've never called in a tom using just that call, but have used it in conjunction with other types of calls to successfully put a bird in the pot.
Spence
