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How to Make a Wingbone Turkey Call

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By John Gugie
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wingbone call
wingbone call
John Gugie

The wingbone turkey call is a relatively simple call but requires more preparation than other types of calls. Some hunters swear by the wingbone turkey call and believe that turkeys are attracted to it because it is made from a real turkey.The wingbone turkey call was first used by North American Indians and later modified by early American settlers.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Turkey wing
  • Knife
  • Steel wool or sand paper
  • Hacksaw
  • Small rifle-bore brush or piece of wire
  • Saucepan
  • Water
  • Dish detergent
  • Bleach
  • Epoxy glue

    Instructions

  1. Step 1

    Find an intact, unbroken turkey wing.

  2. Step 2

    Remove the meat from the bones carefully, so as not to damage the bones.

  3. Step 3
    wing bones
    wing bones

    Remove the bones (1, radius, 2, ulna, 3, humerus) from the rest of the wing with a knife.

  4. Step 4

    Scrape the bones clean.

  5. Step 5

    Cut the rounded part at each end of each bone off with a hacksaw to leave straight bones, leaving the marrow completely exposed.

  6. Step 6

    Clean out as much marrow as possible from each bone with a small rifle-bore brush or a piece of wire. Go completely through.

  7. Step 7

    Boil the bones in a saucepan filled with water, a tablespoon of dish detergent to soften up the marrow, and a drop of bleach to prevent bone discoloration.

  8. Step 8

    Boil until all of the marrow is removed.

  9. Step 9

    Push one end of bone 1 (radius) into one end of bone 2 (ulna).

  10. Step 10

    Push the end of bone 2 (ulna) into one end of bone 3 (humerus).

  11. Step 11

    Cut and sand the bones until they fit together tightly and turn the bones until the shape feels comfortable in your hands.

  12. Step 12

    Take the bones apart.

  13. Step 13
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    wingbone call

    Glue the bones together with epoxy to achieve the shape determined in Step 11, being careful not to block the passageway inside all of the bones.

Tips & Warnings
  • The humerus is optional because some people like a two-bone call and some attach other objects in its place.
  • Cooking does not ruin the bones but make them drier easier to crack, so uncooked is safer.
  • To use the call, pucker your lips and suck air through it.
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