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Turkey Calls -- E L Wisor

E. L. (Ed) Wisor

West Decatur, PA

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Turkey Calls Produced
E L Wisor's Compact Slate Calls
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1963

E. L. made about 40 calls in the beginning that were glued together using 3 parts for the top half and 3 parts for the bottom.

 

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~1963 - ~1964

The very first calls offered by E. L. did not have a label but instead were marked with a rubber stamp.

 

~1964 The very first labeled calls came with a silver label which had "Pat Pend" printed vertically on the ends of the label since the patent was still in the approval process. They were also stamped with "Pat Pend." on the inside of the slate top of the call and the bottom of the call. They are made from mahogany and the circular cutout underneath the slate is offset to one side.
~1965 There were also some calls made with a yellow label which had "Pat Pend" printed vertically on the ends of the label since the patent was still in the approval process. They were also stamped with "Pat Pend." on the inside of the slate top of the call. They are also made from mahogany and the circular cutout underneath the slate is offset to one side.
~1966 To ~1968
The yellow label calls were available from around 1966 to about 1968. Exact dates are hard to come up with since the color of the label didn't seem important at the time and wasn't noted in Wisor's records. Also, there was always a carryover of calls from year to year so it's impossible to say exactly when a call was made The glue on the yellow labels was not very good and in many cases the ends would roll up. They were later replaced because of this problem
~1968 - 1995
Silver label calls were available from 1968 to 1995. He began stamping the date inside the calls during this period but it is not known exactly which year this started.
1995 - 2000
The last run of calls were given a brown label and also had the date stamped inside. His custom calls he's selling now are made using the leftover stock from the 2000 production year.
1999 - current
E. L. retired in 2000 and stopped selling his calls commercially. He is now producing limited edition, signed calls from his remaining stock.

E L. produced a limited run of seven calls with custom artwork to commemorate the 37th anniversary of his call making. The call shown is #2 of 7 made in 1999. Throughout the years before 1999, he also personalized about 50 calls, mainly for friends and family..

He is currently producing signed, limited edition calls from the calls left in his stockroom. Some of these are just signed with a nice finish and others feature both pen artwork and paintings. These are generally being auctioned off on Ebay so keep an eye out for them.

Years Produced
Description
1965 - 1984
& 1994

E. L. produced thousands of calls which he wholesaled to the Penn's Woods company from 1965 to 1988. Production averaged about 5,000 calls a year with a total of about 90,000 calls made. There was also a last run in 1994 of about 2000 calls. The calls were given the name Roger Latham slate.

1991
Penn's Woods sold a limited "Classic Edition" of the Roger Latham Slate made from walnut with a foil label. There were supposed to be 2,000 of these calls made but production stopped a few shy of that number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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