I wanted to make a wingbone yelper for my father for his birthday. However, in SC we can't hunt hens. I know I can make a yelper using jake or gobbler bones, but is there anyway that I can get my hands on some hen bones? I'm pretty sure there is probably some federal law against it, but I just thought I would ask anyway.

I made one with gobbler bones worked and sounded about the same, Holes a little bigger

I'm aware of no laws against possesing legally taken game parts. what you need, is to advertise before fall season, that way you have a greater chance at scoring wings. Jakes will do, but older hens' bones do better... my mentor soley used a wingbone.... takes a LOT of practice to master all the calls..much harder than a mouth call...but boy are they sweet sounding !!!
Good Luck with your project!!

Personally, I prefer jake bones for yelpers. They are more robust, not as fragile, but the tone isn't enough lower than a hen bone yelper to notice. I've gotten my best results from jake yelpers.

Go to your grocer's freezer and pick up a butterball hen...

thanks for the replies... i may just have to use jake bones instead. hopefully i'll kill one this season (never thought i'd say that)

You can tune old bones by glueing the mouthpiece shut and then redrilling it.

JW!