Sitting in Chicagoland Traffic Yields a Wingbone Yelper

[nsselle]

I would never believe this story if it didn't happen to me.   So today I am sitting in my dead stop traffic as usual in the area I live in.  I look over and see a gentleman in his truck with a wingbone yelper hanging from his rear-view mirror.   So of course I have to yell across two lanes of highway and say, "not everyday around here do you see someone with a yelper hanging on the mirror".  Then I go on to tell him I collect calls, he tells me he makes the wingbones and reaches down towards his floor, I assumed he had a business card for me so I pull as close as I can to him.  He ends up throwing a wingbone call in a bag to me, of course its a miss and hits the highway, I immediately get out and pick up the call (never throw my F250 in park!).  Catch up with my rolling truck, play the call, yell thank you!, when I pull up to him again and then we parted ways in traffic.  I did not get this mans name or anything, so if you are out there and ever read this, from the bottom of my heart, thank you!!!!!!!!!!! This whole scenario played out in about 2 minutes.
20170811_195722 by Nicholas Sellers, on Flickr

Call sounds pretty damn good.

[mgm1955]

Super story! Nice looking bone. Hope you find out who the maker is.

[outdoors]

                            W O W
EVERY TIME WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL
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[crow]

great story and generosity from the call maker

I'm glad you both didn't have to explain your way out of some mobile crackpipe deal on the chicago streets 

[nsselle]

crow, lol I just told my father the same thing. people behind me had to have great laugh since I never threw my truck in park, at the moment that call was way more important than my truck, luckily by the time I grabbed the call traffic had given me about 200 yards of empty space in front, what one will do for a call, not one of my smartest moments

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

Haha.  Cop would have thought it was a pipe or drugs using that old "toss transaction".  That's a cool story and nice looking bone.

[greencop01]

You meet turkey hunters and call makers in the strangest places, and 99% of them are the nicest people. Great lookin call, bet it sounds good too.

[shedhunta]

Thts insane.  Thanks for sharing

[HookedonHooks]

That's freaking awesome!!! Just be glad the pavement didn't shatter that thing. I sincerely hope you eventually find the man responsible, so people actually know who this man was, and other people give him business for his kind business gestures.

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

That guy probably hates that urban traffic as much as you.  Especially if he's a turkey hunter.  I have to drive through downtown Atlanta almost everyday for my job.  If someone threw me a turkey call and I tried to fetch it I would be DRT.  Good scoop my friend! 

[nsselle]

like I said it wasn't one of my smartest decisions but no way was I going to let it go to waste after his gesture.

[Gawhitaker]

Cool story, and a nice wingbone. These days it's a wonder the entire scene is not on the web.

[KPcalls]

great story and generosity from the call maker

I'm glad you both didn't have to explain your way out of some mobile crackpipe deal on the chicago streets 

I'm sure that made your day....

I stopped at a truck stop in Memphis on the way to Missouri a few years back and had a guy point at a wing bone hanging on my mirror.  I figured he was a turkey hunter until he mentioned how cool looking it was and asked to hold it.  He then started to smell both ends of the call and asked what it was after I snatched it out of hand. 

[EZ]

Great story.....nice bone.