Turkey Wings

[W. Welshman]

Hello folks, With hunting season coming up I'm looking for turkey wing bones and legs to make wing bone yelpers. So if you bag a wild one and have no use for the bones let me know. Thanks

[Captchee]

with the holidays coming up , you can get a package of turkey wings at most stores . they make  good calls . i also save the wings bones from my  holiday turkey.
 the only difference is that the domestic wing bones are thinner then the wild turkey  wings bones  .
 if the bird has been cooked and the bones are brown , simply soak them over knight in peroxide  they will whiten right back up

[W. Welshman]

Thanks Capt, I have put the word out to everyone to save their Holiday bird wings also. The wild one are a little harder and you get a lower tone. Thanks again Captchee

[Captchee]

The wild one are a little harder and you get a lower tone

 i had heard this as well . not sure i 100% agree though .
What I would agree with is that the thickness of the call dictates how the vibration travels  and thus does produce a little different tone .
 A few years ago I  made a lot of wing bone calls for local folks . Some out of wild turkey wings  others from domestic turkey wings .
What I found was that the length of the bone used for the mouth piece dictated the tone of the  call . IE a long bone achieved a deeper call while a short bone made a high pitch call .
 
 I made one I called a blaster !!.
 I actually did that by accident as the long bone had been broke ,  so when I finished , the call was only about 3 inchs long .
  It was loud and high pitched  beyond belief .. I used to keep it hanging in my shop .  Then one day I got this idea .
All we are really doing is making a musical interment like a trombone or trumpet, both of which  produce tones by  the very same application . IE the vibration from the lips of the musician. The pitch of each individual note is then changed  by lengthening  or shortening the distance that the sound travels through the  tubing . That sound is then magnified by the bell of the interment.    
  Then I got to thinking . OK , if this was indeed the case , then like  musical instruments, each  will have its own distinct quality of sound  that unique to itself . Very much like  each individual bird had a distinct tune to its call / voice
 So I started carrying two different pitched calls  while hunting , alternating my calling  between  the calls . That worked very well . So well in fact that when my hunting partner and I go out , we care 2 calls each . So we end up sounding like for different hens cutting to each other .
 I can tell you that  if the toms are hot , the result is  un believable .

Sadly I broke the little Blaster  one fall . it was made from a domestic turkey wing and thus not as strong as  a wild wing call . I had it hanging from the rear view mirror in my scout and while going over a rough section of road the call bounced of the windshield and broke .  I have never gotten around to making another

[Riley/MN]

if the bird has been cooked and the bones are brown , simply soak them over knight in peroxide  they will whiten right back up

Ha - I soak them in either tea or coffee to get them to drab up!

[W. Welshman]

Thanks again Charles for the help. I will be playing around with length for different tone. I did a trade with a call maker back in S.C. and should get it this week. I made box call years ago had lots a fun with it. This will be something other then weaving to do. Thanks again Lynn

[sse]

now I'm hungry...LOL

[Fletcher]

Iffen ya do git some wangs fer WW - I will buy or trade for the wing feathers!!!

[W. Welshman]

Yes Sir, I had 4 wings last year my friend never hear back. But I will yell louder this year

[Fletcher]

I guess my runnin around several states working made me forget that.

I hope to slow down a bit and get back to bows and arrows at home.  But the big bucks of contract consulting work is hard to pass up !

[W. Welshman]

You got to make the big bucks, I'll let James know