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Wingbone Turkey Call

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Kev K.:
Thanks for the comments.  I recently harvested my Montana Merriam, a jake with a 3" beard weighing in at 22.5 lbs.  I was going to make a call from each wing but left the boiler on for too long at too high of a temp and charred the bones of the first wing.  I then collected the bones (radius, ulna, and humerous) of the other wing and peeled off all access muscle tissue.  I used a piece of wire to scrape out the bone marrow in the radius and ulna.  Using a rounded file I removed the flaky bone in the humerous.  I boiled the bones (at a lower temp this time) for around 2 hours.  I let them dry then soaked them in bleach for a little over an hour to dye them white.  I washed out the bleach.Then I epoxied the bones together and tied the gaps.

Pappy:
Very nice Kev.That is some pretty work. :)
  Pappy

DanaM:
I'm with knothead, do a build along.

Nice job.

DanaM

Kev K.:
Thanks for the comments, I'll follow up w/ the build along idea as soon as I get more turkey bones.  ;)

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