Okay now we can sign our calls, add the bird's biographics such as date of kill, beard length, weight, spur lengths, area killed, and Specie. anything you all want! Art is in the eye of the beholder! :

I also draw feathers and turkey tracks - it is a hobby as I do not sell but do trade and do donate to wildlife organizations as a silent auction article.

I draw feathers by starting the feather shaft first. Then I draw the outline of the feather and then add the feather texture with hooked lines. I then change pens and add the feather barring we see. I have several good feathers I have saved and jsut mimic what I see. If you make a mistake - don't like what you have written or drwan - I have an eraser! I do use India Ink. Earsser you say!! YUP!
I use a wire wheel on a grinder. Takes it off qucikly. hehe



Above you can see I made a mistake - so off it comes!



And am happy with tihs!



here is a started outline of a tail feather

A wing feather complete



And both complete


Now I add a few tracks


Sign it and let it dry.

I will then coat it with a few brushings of clear polyurethane.....add a small screw eye which I epoxy in place.....a piece of leather for a call lanyard and may add some beads and my spurs or even the shotgun shell I used witht he beard glued in it!

Spurs I cut off like this


let dry in a cup with borax for a few months. then I clean out the marrow and run my leather strip throught them.



And above is what I end up with.

Now ti sounds hard but really is not! I can finish a call in about a week. But it just a hobby and if ya all want a call - go look for my post "I need wingbones".

We can make a deal!

JW!