 Anyone here use deer ultrasonic whistles?
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August issue of Roadbike has an article and the conclusion is that they don't work.
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Years of experience in massive deer country tells me they don't work at all.
A word to the wise is not necessary. It is the stupid ones who need the advice.
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I agree with Pat on this. Years of riding in small deer country tell me they don't work. 1.5 million head of whitetails in Alabama. Deer have nearly the same hearing frequency as us humanoids. If you can't hear it, they can't hear it. Save you $10-$80 and buy shims, jets or chrome, maybe some cheap driving lights and turn them out a little to see deer quicker. I ran over a rabbit Friday evening - tasted pretty good with a little rosemary and coriander.
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I pulled some off a friends old fairing and glued them on a retired helmet for laughs.
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I had them on my truck for awhile and the deer along the side of the road would smile as I went by... 
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By the time you stop the bike and get off, to blow on the whistle the deer are usually gone
I just had to I have been hearing that saying for years
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Hiya Skillet I liked your post so much I though I'd tell about a genuine UK law, by-law .. er .. thing .. Over here, if you kill something on the road (obviously something that you would want to put in a pot anyway - pheasant, rabbit, game etc) you as the killer are not allowed the bounty of your labours! But, get this, the guy following you CAN!! Simple, go out hunting in pairs with your car / truck / SUV! Granted, it's a little extreme - but hey, the laws the law
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August issue of Roadbike has an article and the conclusion is that they don't work.
Oh, they work, all right - Just not at chasing away critters. Here's how they work. Some ingenious entrepreneur makes the, sells them, thousands upon thousands buy them, and the first guy laughs all the way to the bank - Yes they work - They make money.
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Here's how they work. Some ingenious entrepreneur makes the, sells them, thousands upon thousands buy them, and the first guy laughs all the way to the bank - Yes they work - They make money.
I like it! It's pretty well established the whistles don't work. Yesterday along the road, I passed a small flock of bighorn sheep, an assortment of deer- Muley and Whitetail, a flock of turkeys and met some guy on a BMW adventurer, out for an adventure. However I did learn that it's nice to be covered in rain gear, etc when the sky's open up. Arrived home dry as a bone. Why couldn't I learn the lessons of raingear 30 years ago??
I also like the comment about deer not being able to master the whistle. Reminded me of a Glacier National Park ranger reporting on the 400 page Grizzly Bear Management Plan. Said they hadn't found a bear yet that had read the darn thing.
Now, you aren't going to say the x-ray glasses sold on the rear page of Marvel comic books showing some geeeeky guy staring at a curvy woman don't work either are you? What about weight loss pills, not hair growth elixer? Probably manufactured by some deer whistle company.
"It's not what I say that's important, it's what you hear" Red Auerbach
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