OT: deer whistles..do they work

We have them on all our vehicles and have not hit a deer since I started putting them on (hit 3 before that). They only cost a little bit and install very easily. The only problems I have had is that my wife sometimes runs her car through one of those car washes with huge rotary brushes. Takes off the deer whistles every time...

I think they are worth it.

Needing some venison to go with all the sweet corn from this summer :)

PS - I don"t think them whistles work and someone is just getting rich off of selling them.

My brother was a game warden for 38 years. A local man in his area usually hit 7-8 deer each year as a result of his being on the road almost constantly due to his job. After installing deer whistles his accident rate dropped to 3-4 deer per year. He is now a firm believer in them.

For the $10 or whatever they cost, why not install them. You have certainly had more aggravation from the accident than $10. Maybe they work, maybe they don't, but $10 won't hardly make a dent in the wallet in this day and age, so give them a try.

I had a lady come into my office the other day and told me a deer ran into the side of her car, and " I even have deer whistles on my car!" she said...I said, " I bet you have them on backwards..." you should have seen the look on her face as she processed this comment..I think she really believed me. It was classic.

That said I will continue to run mine because I think they work

Last year I installed one on a D17 Diesel and I haven't hit one yet.

Well Good Luck ,,watch out for Bambi

Stan

• Fancy Deer Whistle

To physically work, the whistles require air flow through the unit. To get that, the rear must be clear of obstructions for at least five feet. Installation on the bumper in front of the grill ensures that the whistle cannot blow due to the stagnant and turbulent air flow. They would blow if mounted on the hood or roof of a car, or on the outboard areas of a motorcycle.

Many of the whistles tested were physically incapable of whistling due to defective design or production line flaws.

Deer do not hear ultrasonic sounds. That is what the whistles produce. So the deer do not hear a functioning whistle any better then you or I can hear them.

So;
1, many of the whistles are inoperable out of the box, 2, most are installed improperly and will not produce a tone, and 3, deer can't hear the tone even if the whistle does work.

All that said, in driving through deer populated areas (I think they used a deer ranch for this), motorcycles with functioning whistles did seem to repell deer. Number of deer seen and the action of those deer were used as the criteria.

So the final summary was that they cannot work, but when installed properly, do seem to work somehow.

• Deer Accident Study

They are pure snake oil. You can verify how well they work by visiting any auto body shop in the land.

Those guys just roll on the floor laughing at the owners who want to make darned sure their "deer whistles" are reinstalled on a unit that just sustained $12K in damage from hitting a deer. :>)

Allan

Hey, I'm dang proud of myself this morning! I managed to post a reply that DIDN'T get deleted! (YET anyway) Have a good 'un! John

Save your $5, and spend it on upgraded auto insurance....JMHO John

I guess I should expand on that. Quite some time ago, a friend of mine (my insurance agents husband) gave me a pair of deer whistles after I had a close call. I put them on the wife"s car as I was driving it to work as a fuel saving measure. After hitting three deer in as many weeks, I physically and violently removed them from the front of the vehicle.

Some people will tell you that they work because they haven"t hit a deer since putting them on. Maybe they wouldn"t have hit anything with them off.

Just the way it happened for me.