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Post by CuttnStrut on Oct 30, 2003 7:08:14 GMT -5
Anyone ever use one? If so tell us about how hard they are and so on I have heard they sound awesome but are kinda hard to master.  |
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Post by bogobble on Oct 30, 2003 12:12:58 GMT -5
you heard right cut n strut. I have one but don't take it in the woods. I can make a decent yelp and cluck on it, but consistency is my problem. |
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Post by flhuntress on Oct 31, 2003 1:42:17 GMT -5
i have one but i don't use it...tried it but didn't care for it...i'll stick with my purplehearts.
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Post by Brokenbucket on Dec 12, 2003 10:21:35 GMT -5
I started turkey hunting in 1960 with a slate & peg; made a wingbone call in '61 and learned to cluck, yelp and kee-kee and bought a boxcall in'62.
I have a half-pecan shaped growth in the roof of my mouth and couldn'd use mouthcalls, until I had to get dentures that covered the growth and then the wingbone rubbed my mouth so bad I had to give it up.
It takes practice to be consistant, but is the oldest turkey call used by Native Americans....
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Post by bogobble on Dec 12, 2003 12:59:51 GMT -5
I finally found the one I made. I made a wingbone about 4 years ago, and misplaced it somehwere. I looked all last season for it, but couldn't find it. my wife pulled an ole can deal with a top on it out of the closet the other day, and low and behold there was my wingbone. I couldn't get much of a sound out of it right after I made it, but now after practicin with the one I won in a contest, I can make a fairly good yelp and cluck out of it. I think I'll practice on it till I have enough confidence to take it to the woods next spring. that would make me feel good to call one up with a call I made myself.  |
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Post by Brokenbucket on Dec 13, 2003 8:17:42 GMT -5
Bo,
Consistancy in seating the tip of the wingbone is the key to using that call. You may find it easier to place the call in the side of your mouth than in the center.
A good way to see if the call is seated properly is to cluck softly. If the cluck sounds good, then run 4-6 yelps and wait a few minutes before repeating the sequence.
If you try to practice too much at one time, your lip muscles will get tired, the notes will get bad and you'll be forcing yourself to make better notes and make your lip muscles worst.
The wingbone takes longer to learn because you must rest your mouth between calling sequences or you will make bad notes and like most, will become discouraged and lay the wingbone down.
I'll cluck and yelp 4 times and that's all I'll do, if and when I do use the call. get out into the woods and call to some birds for confidence....
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Post by bogobble on Dec 15, 2003 12:18:45 GMT -5
BB, on this particular call it's easier to work with it in the center of my mouth. on the one I won, it was easier to work with the call over on the side of my mouth. it does make a nice soundin cluck, I just got to practice with it a little more.
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