Books, cassette tapes, CDs and videos abound, each describing in detail the variety of calls and sounds a turkey makes. There are tree yelps made when turkeys are roosting, fly-down cackles, cutts, putts, clucks and yelps of all volume and diversity. These sounds can be made with box, slate and mouth calls. The Lynch cedar box call is the most popular because of its simplicity. Anyone can use it.
Many calls are homemade.
One unique call is made with the wing bones of a turkey. Lawrence Charbula of El Campo has made these callers for many years. Using a hacksaw, he cuts the double bones in the middle section of the wing, making the larger bone about four inches long and the smaller bone about 312 inches long. Then he smooths off the ends. With a wire, he removes the bone marrow, then cleans and washes the bones.