Wing bone turkey call

Vince Pagliaroli

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Just wondering if anyone has experience making a wing bone turkey call? I made a big pot of wild turkey soup from a fall gobbler, and saved the wing bone. The call would go with the hen turkey decoy I'm carvin'. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
 
Just wondering if anyone has experience making a wing bone turkey call? I made a big pot of wild turkey soup from a fall gobbler, and saved the wing bone. The call would go with the hen turkey decoy I'm carvin'. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

I haven't made or used one (I do own one), but as I understand it hen wings are the best for the call.
 
I've made one or two Vince. They really aren't too difficult to make...give me a call and I can sort of walk you through it a bit if you'd like.

Steve
 
I would think several of us would like to know how to do it as well.

That inquiring minds thing you know.

I am interested anyway.

R.C.
 
I suppose that's a possibility as well Robert. I'll see if I can dig up some bones that I have and work something up. It may take a few days though.

Steve
 
one of the reenacting/black powder magazines had instructions years ago, I made a few, more difficult to learn to use than to make (and its not that hard), but they do have a nice sound.
 
Vince, I made one a few years ago. I was out turkey hunting, and it was the last day of the season. I had two jakes come in to range and I gave them the pass. Hoping there would be two more nice gobblers out there for next year. I had thought of making a wing bone call, but had always heard you wanted the wing from a hen. Here in Florida you are not allowed to shot hens. Anyways, I'm on my way home, and hen runs out in front of the car in front of me and gets wacked. I pulled over and load the bird up into my truck. Here's where it starts. Once you have the bones clean of meat. Carefully cut the ends of the wing bones off(the knuckle). Then I used a piece of wire to clean out the marrow. The big bone( the end of the trumpet) Has a lot of boney veins running through it, that you need to remove. I used a screw driver for that. After it was all clean I boiled the bones again to clean them up the rest of the way. The bones fit inside one another, and you want to keep the joints as tight as possible. So I used sand paper on the bone that was going inside of the other larger bone. Going easy until they fit together. Once I had it all put together I put a little glue on the joints. I 've never used it in the turkey woods, but maybe this year with my decoy. If you have any questions about the call let me know. Jeff
 
Much harder to use effectively than to make.

I made a handful and figured they all were defective. A guy who knew what he was doing tried them out and it turned out there was user error involved.

I'm too proficient with other calls to mess with one.
 
I have one. I bought it when I lived in NY. I have not used it to hunt with. I am also under the impression that hen wing bones are used.


Once I figured out how to use it I usually sound pretty good. But, it does more require more movement with my hands than a slate call.


Tom
 
All the advice and directions from one and all are much appreciated. Leave it up to me to shoot the wrong bird! Fall gobblers are not that easy to come by in my experience plus they taste good. I'll follow your directions Jeff, I will call you Steve, and Mike I'll check the website you suggested. As what I know about call making can fit on the head of a pin.

It's more about using part of the bird, the good memory of the hunt and sustenance that it brought me and my family. A totem of the hunt that I can carry with me. Heck I may even figure out how to use it. In my "Older Age" I'm going backward, trading a foam hen decoy for a heavier wooden one, and trying to make a call that's not easy to use. I'm looking forward to it, again thanks everyone.
 
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