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Around the Campfire / Re: Wing bone calls
« Last post by Aaron1726 on Today at 06:13:44 pm »Yeah it is fatty. Don't know why I never thought to cut the ends first, but makes sense, ill have to try that next time. Thanks
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Around the Campfire / Re: Wing bone calls
« Last post by JW_Halverson on Today at 03:14:52 pm »Like those. I have some bones in the freezer that is on my list to do. Any tips would be appreciated.
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Thanks. I can tell you my process. I toss the bones in a pot of water and add some dishwasher soap and then boil them for about 5 min or so. I tried dish soap before and it worked, but once it comes to a boil its a bubbly mess. Then I pull the bones out and let them cool just until I can pick them up. I use a spoon to scrape the remnants of meat and such off, which should come off really easy if they boiled right. You don't have to get them clean all the way out to the tips, that part will next get cut off. So then I cut the ends off to where it looks right. Then you have to clean all the stuff out of the inside of the bones, this part is a mess and the best way I've found is a coat hanger wire and keeps working it through, rinse and repeat. Then fit them together with some sanding, and then I hot glue the pieces together, or use pitch glue, that works too. Then these I wrapped the joints over with artificial sinew.
Good luck on yours, let us know how they turn out.
Pretty much the same here, replacing the wire coat hanger with a pipe cleaner, and cutting the ends off FIRST so tht the soapy water can clean from the inside out, too. The marrow in the bones has a lot of fat and will yellow the bones.
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by Pat B on Today at 12:50:30 pm »Came out nice. I've never been able to see good tiller on a R/D style bow. Well done. 
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by RyanY on Today at 12:13:38 pm »Turned out awesome!
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by Doug509 on Today at 11:08:32 am »I shot 4 different bows yesterday and this ocean spray R/D is my favorite. I'm leaving bark on and the handle naked. After shooting about 3 dozen arrows from 10 yards I drilled a bullseye from 30 yards. Good way to end the day.
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Around the Campfire / Re: Wing bone calls
« Last post by Aaron1726 on December 20, 2025, 10:36:00 pm »Like those. I have some bones in the freezer that is on my list to do. Any tips would be appreciated.
Piddler
Thanks. I can tell you my process. I toss the bones in a pot of water and add some dishwasher soap and then boil them for about 5 min or so. I tried dish soap before and it worked, but once it comes to a boil its a bubbly mess. Then I pull the bones out and let them cool just until I can pick them up. I use a spoon to scrape the remnants of meat and such off, which should come off really easy if they boiled right. You don't have to get them clean all the way out to the tips, that part will next get cut off. So then I cut the ends off to where it looks right. Then you have to clean all the stuff out of the inside of the bones, this part is a mess and the best way I've found is a coat hanger wire and keeps working it through, rinse and repeat. Then fit them together with some sanding, and then I hot glue the pieces together, or use pitch glue, that works too. Then these I wrapped the joints over with artificial sinew.
Good luck on yours, let us know how they turn out.
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Around the Campfire / Re: Wing bone calls
« Last post by Aaron1726 on December 20, 2025, 10:24:28 pm »Wanna know some background information on that broken wing? A bird can completely heal a major bone fracture like that one in as little as 14 days. They can efficiently strip calcium from strong and healthy bones and transport it to the site of the break faster than any other group of animals with skeletons on earth!
That's pretty cool, I didn't know they could heal up that quick.
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Around the Campfire / Re: Wing bone calls
« Last post by Piddler on December 20, 2025, 08:21:07 pm »Like those. I have some bones in the freezer that is on my list to do. Any tips would be appreciated.
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Bows / Re: Tillering advice: This thing is kinkier than...
« Last post by bjrogg on December 20, 2025, 07:36:17 pm »Really like it WB.
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Bows / Re: Tillering advice: This thing is kinkier than...
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on December 20, 2025, 06:47:39 pm »That is a heck of a bow. With that amount of character going in so many different directions it must have taken ages and lots of care to tiller! Really nice job.