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Frank I see you found this so I won't e-mail it to you as I said I would.
-------------------- Bernie: "Hunters Are People Too"
Ret'd USMC '53-'72 Disbanded Hubert Archers (Treasurer) Traditional Bow Shooters of West Virginia (Official Dinosaur Wrangler, Supporter, and Member) TGMM Family of the Bow Posts: 18878 | From: S Coastal NC | Registered: Mar 2003
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Gonna crack the whip on it... first thing in the am.
Got some really good ideas from these few threads.
Frank B
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"Now for the fun part. Take any bone, put one end in your mouth and blow hard. Make sure you blow, and don’t suck; you will only make that mistake once."
You know... if boiling the turkey bones in plain water... the bones smelled a little like grama's kitchen on the day after Thanksgiving. Not a lot... but there was a distinct memory that flashed while I caught a whiff coming from the simmer.
However, you are 100% correct... I will never make that mistake again.
Grama's soup never tasted anything like the "glop of funk" I gagged on yesterday. I bet she was up there getting a good laugh, though.
Thanks again for the post.
Frank B
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Frank! What did you not understand about the warning - LOL (m busy here trying to convince folks "Hunters Are People Too" but also that all former Marines are good at following directions - especially written ones - ha-ha. I'd love to have seen your face. I know, you just figgured anything that smelled that good just had to taste good, and couldn't resist it, huh? Dog goned chow-hound!
-------------------- Bernie: "Hunters Are People Too"
Ret'd USMC '53-'72 Disbanded Hubert Archers (Treasurer) Traditional Bow Shooters of West Virginia (Official Dinosaur Wrangler, Supporter, and Member) TGMM Family of the Bow Posts: 18878 | From: S Coastal NC | Registered: Mar 2003
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Great tutorial for the how to section GR..Great job....Mac~
-------------------- " I always hunt with two other companions even though I mostly hunt alone - God and my dad." God's love is like an ocean..one can see the beginning but not the end. Posts: 2270 | From: Westfield, PA-Potter County | Registered: Mar 2003
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Marines don't read directions... they do as they see fit... and if they happen to break or destroy something along the way... that usually means it needed replacing anyway [that goes for HUM-V's, too].
Directions? I just followed the pictures!
Ya know when you put a hot piece of pizza into yer mouth? Well, the bones were a little too hot when I tried de-gunking and for some strange reason... I put my mouth around the turkey bone... felt the heat... and then breathed in [like when eating hot pizza] and tried to cool my mouth. Glad it was the smallest of the three.
My daughter got a good laugh though, for sure. "Dad... are you supposed to taste that stuff?" I almost talked her into it just for laughing... but she just laughed again and said, "Uh... NO THANKS!"
-Frank B
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Candy's got ya pegged, Frank! "...are you supposed to taste that stuff...", I love the subtlety of it.
("Well, the guys tol' me I wusn't possta but I wusn't sure they ment it.") It's all right, Frank I started a coughing fit while I was doing some, from the spices in the turkey stew bones, and almost "zigged when I shoulda zagged" too. luckily it only got to my lip which swiftly and delftly locked up on it, saving me your distasteful disaster.
-------------------- Bernie: "Hunters Are People Too"
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G.R. good lookin caller. I got an old wing bone I wear almost every time I go out. I glued a little cork stopper on the end and it makes a good place to keep a lanyard from slipping off. I've had this call about fifteen years and it will bring birds. I had one I made about 20 years ago left it in bib of some overalls and got up early one morn and stepped on it. I't only broke the bell end so I repaired it. About three days later I stepped on it again smashed the whole thing. So I made the one I now have. I've read where they have found these in dry caves. They presume it was invented by the sucking of the marrow from that small bone. If you don't have a dremmel take a jig saw blade and glue it in an antler or wooden handle, it will look like a small pressure flaker, they work really well for getting that web out of that big bone.I've made at least 75 and this is the best tool I have ever found to do this job. The web is really tough stuff and a dremmel can't get down in that little tight spot with out taking some of the bone as well. If you don't want to it isn't necessary to cook the bones. I like the natural bone color of the raw bone. Mike Smyth
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G.R., I see you cleaned the membranes from the largest bone. I made a couple of calls a few years ago and left the membrane in. They seem to work OK. Migght they have been better cleaned out?? I also notice when using them that you just about have to cup your hand over them, like they get too much air without that interferrence. I'd think that leaving the membranes in would also help to limit the amount of air coming in. Just looking for some info. Does it make a difference???
Dave
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I recall on one site (maybe here or a link) there was one a guy made with the big ("bell") bone left whole (with the round Nuckle intact externally). Looked neat and he said it worked great - but I think he said he cleaned out the "membranes" through a hole in the side at a natural thin place. FWIW (Sorry I can't remember where I saw it - it may have been on that site about wingbone calls that is no longer up - just not sure.)
-------------------- Bernie: "Hunters Are People Too"
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I just got done with a couple that I got from tonights butterball. Followed G.R.'s directions. Great build-a-long.
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Some of the pics on the other thread about the calls are of "Store bought" bones used'
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But if you use store bought wings will your sound like a city-slicker turkey and not have that country draw? LOL
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