Turkey calls?

Well I have a call my Dad made years ago . It is a cow horn that was boiled to remove the inside (DO NOT BOIL IT IN THE HOUSE ! Then it was scraped down thin and a small hole drilled into the end of it. Then scraped and sanded down on the point of the horn for a rubber (surgical) hose pushed onto it.
Then a wing bone from the Thanksgiving turkey was cleaned out and pushed into the other end of the hose for a mouth piece. Hose is about 12 to 14 inches long.
Suck on the turkey bone like you would on a soda straw to make a noise and you can cup your hand on the open end of the horn to control the volume.
When "Ole Mr Tom" starts to come in you just let it hang for a hands free call. Works good for when call wise turkeys don't respond to diaphram and box type calls from everyone useing them.

 

[bigbore442001]

I boiled a fisher head in the house. Once. :shocked2:

 

[davy]

Ya caint git lard less ya bile tha hog! :hatsoff:

Davy

 

[fw707]

Dave, I thought you might like to see this old terrapin shell call:

 

[wtilenw]

Rebel, if you rinse the calls off real well with Scope mouthwash at the end of the season and store them in the refrigerator all year they should be good for 2 or 3 seasons.
And they taste a lot better too. :grin:
The butter compartment of my fridge barely has room for the butter. :haha:

That's exactly what I do! By the way, I like all the calls. Box, slate and diaphram. I tried the wingbone call but didn't take to it well. I like to be able to use different calls on birds that won't respond to a certain call, has worked well for me in the past. My favorite locater is an old Weems crow call.
Idaho PRB

 

[dlemaster]

fw707
Thanks for the pictures. I noticed the call was made in Miss. The guy that taught me how to make them was from Miss. too.

Regards, Dave

 

[Rebel]

So, to make a wingbone turkey call i would need to use the bones from the Right wing, correct. Because the Leftwing bones would make a Liberal call. :grin:

 

[bucktales]

I like both slate and the box. Depending on where I am or how far along in the season, I experiment with a few different boxes.
Two more weeks till showtime.

 

[roundball]

I do my best yelps/clucks on a box call, best purrs on a slate, and best "cluokes" on a mouth call.

Just got a mouth call a while ago and trying to learn how to use it, I make "cluokes"...it's a sound that's part cluck and part choke
:grin:
Drives me crazy trying to figure out how to use it...as long as I have some good blind material in front of me using my hands is OK with the box and slate...but ultimately I want to learn the mouth call for convenience and no hand movement...not going to be this season though.

 

[fw707]

roundball, just keep practicing with the mouth call. They take a while to learn, but it's worth it to have a call you can use without moving your hands. But a good box and slate will call in just as many turkeys.
Learning to use a mouth call is about like learning to play a banjo.....it's a process, not an event!!
:haha:

Congratulations on the turkey bird! :winking: