If you clean them Immediately, they are fairly white from the get go, depending on age of bird. You have to clean the Marrow Immediately, all meat and flesh, then you wash em, boil em, [ kills Bacteria], then a Peroxide soak, fer as many as a few days, then rinse, dry, and build.
I live in Fl. So I hang them in the back yard on a tree limb, and let the Sun bleach em a bit more, and help them dry more thoroughly.
The ones Posted are Some time consuming calls, they are presentation Grade calls, all award winners in Sound, and in the homes of Prominent Collectors..
I am a Turkee Bird NUTT Case, and am very focused on the sounds and tones of the caller, as well as ease of play. My Calls are Hunting Calls first and formost.
I like many others here, feel I was born a few hundred yrs Late, the ways of old are held dear to my heart, as is the romance of the Wild Turkey, and the ways of old, they are so very majestic. Hunting Turkee Birds has nothing to do with Killing the bird to me, it is a Chess game, and one that is always played, on his Turf.. When you call him, pull him from other Hens, and he gets so close you can FEEL him drumming in Full Strutt, The game, has already been Won... CHECK MATE..
It is Not unlike the passion I see displayed here, in many fields, unbelievable. Passion, you can see it in the Work...
