Old Gobbler Wing

[tha bugman]

I have a wing from a gobbler that I killed two years ago.  Would it still be good enough to make a wing bone call out of?

[Chris O]

I would say probably if it was suitable to begin with. I know I sent some to a person that were in my freezer for a couple years

[tha bugman]

I would say probably if it was suitable to begin with. I know I sent some to a person that were in my freezer for a couple years

this one has been hanging in my shop. 

[albrubacker]

Should be fine. May clean up harder though.

[davisd9]

Not all turkey wingbones make a good call, but only way to know is to send them to someone that knows what they are doing. Good luck!

[EZ]

I would say probably if it was suitable to begin with. I know I sent some to a person that were in my freezer for a couple years

this one has been hanging in my shop.

The whole wing? Is it all dried up and petrified? Might be near impossible to even get the bones out of the wing at this point.

[EZ]

However, if you can get the bones out, I can (almost certainly) make a real player out of it!!!

[Clovis67]

Razor knife and rehydrate the skin if necessary

[Fatbeard]

Should be fine if frozen. Be a tad hard to get the marrow out. Send them my way and I can make you a nice call

[tha bugman]

After looking at it, I think I am just going to wait on the next gobbler I kill.  The one that I have is really dried out as you can imagine.

[crow]

I have done this to some dried out winter kill wings.

I think you can salvage yours, this is what I would try

chop off as much feathers to get rid of them as you can, chop off the wing tip, don't chop into the joint of the middle section of wing.

boil for a couple hrs with several scoops of dry laundry detergent, keep covered with water while boiling.
this should rehydrate the skin on the bones and should let you skin/scrape it off.

To clean out the marrow, separate the 3 bones, cut off ends (only enough to get to the marrow), you will need a wire to push out the marrow, it probably will still be dry and hard and may not come out.

reboil for an hour or 2 with laundry soap, probably will still need a wire to push out the marrow.
may need another boil with soap.

If your sending them to some one I would talk to them at this point.

if your doing it yourself I would soak overnight in peroxide to help clean out more dried marrow.
The outside of bones probably won't come out a nice even white and may have a blotchy look, this won't matter for a hunting call, put some stain on it to blend in the blotchy areas.