David W. Collins of Southeast Virginia has been turkey hunting and making wingbone calls for 20 years.

Dave's calls are tapered for appearance and are available with or without brass. He says, "The most important thing about my calls to me is their sound. I tune each one. If I won't hunt with it, then no body will because it goes in the trash. My calls are signed D Collins with a letter and a date.....W-2000 for winter 2000, S 2000 for spring or summer 2000 and F 2000 for fall 2000...which makes it easy to identify when the call was made. All my calls are personalized with the customer's name or nickname on the call....their preference. Each call is made to order for the person that orders one. A call is made for one person at a time by me one at a time."

For more information, email Dave at Yelper55@aol.com.

Although probably better known as a call historian and maker of duck calls, Howard Harlan's suction yelper (left) shows his versatility.

The yelper on the right was made by Everett Baldridge (he's listed in Earl Mickel's, The Rest of the Best). This three-piece call is made of ebony and ivory with a bone mouthpiece.

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