Ed Miller - Keeper of the Wing Bone Turkey Call
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Please join us as we learn about the keeper of ancient hunting traditions - Ed Miller of Wilmer, Alabama.

This sound has echoed through southern woods for centuries, made not from plastic or metal, but from the bones of the bird itself.

Ed Miller from Wilmer, Alabama, makes wing bone turkey calls the same way Native Americans did long before us. The wing bone call is one of North America's oldest hunting tools. Tribes of the Southeast crafted them to mimic a turkey's voice.

Hunters believe the best way to lure a bird was with part of the bird itself. Each set of bones has its own voice. From a whispering cluck to a piercing yelp, this ancient call still speaks to the woods today.

For Ed, it's more than hunting. It's about keeping tradition alive and passing it on. Ed's motto is that when you buy something handmade, you're buying more than one object. You're buying hours of work of experimentation and failures. You're buying days, weeks, and months of work. You're not buying just anything. You're buying a piece of the heart and the soul of the craftsman.

Ed Miller, Wilmer, Alabama, keeper of the wing bone call tradition. To find out more about Ed, check out his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ed.miller.583.

Calls courtesy of Ron Jordan at Wild Concepts TV