Are deer whistles worth a damn?

[Muddy Fenders]

Food for thought when dealing with insurance.....you didn't hit the deer. The deer hit you. Makes a difference to some insurance policies.

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[mtbikernate]

Make sure you cover your vehicle in plenty of lights. Fog lights, Baja Lights, Rear bed lights, step lights, search lights, and an extra battery.

Wont do much, but you'll be able to see how bad the damage is.

nah, you need this light specifically.

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[Dereku]

Make the turbo louder. 10 years of straight piped 7.3s never ever had one jump in front of me. Week I got my 4.6 I learned how to pay attention.

 

[Muddy Fenders]

Personal experience: I have never seen a car with deer whistles at the side of the road with deer induced damage
Also Personal experience: I have never used deer whistles, nor have I ever hit a deer in my life.

 

[Todd Chapin]

I used to live in Burnet County, Texas. Aka "white tail deer capitol of the world". Everyone I knew, including me had hit at least 1 deer....most had whistles installed so.....?
Second most useless thing were brushgaurds.

 

[MountainGoat]

Food for thought when dealing with insurance.....you didn't hit the deer. The deer hit you. Makes a difference to some insurance policies.

True, the deer's insurance should cover it in that case.

 

[canyonslicker]

It works great for elephants!! No one I know with one has hit an elephant.

 

[DrPerez007]

One of our patrol deputies installed them on his squad. Promptly hit a deer the next day. Personally, I think the deer were waiting for him. ?

 

[dtech]

I used to live in Burnet County, Texas. Aka "white tail deer capitol of the world". Everyone I knew, including me had hit at least 1 deer....most had whistles installed so.....?
Second most useless thing were brushgaurds.

What about this - Texans seem to favor

 

[Todd Chapin]

What about this - Texans seem to favor

As they say in the Lone Star state....Hook'em horns!

 

[oldnslow]

A friend of a friend was a county cop in northern Wisconsin, lots of deer up that way. One year the county put deer whistles on all the squad cars. They had 7 deer hits that year. The previous year, with no whistles, they had 2 hits.

The truth is deer have very good hearing. They hear your car just fine, they just don't know what to do about it. They just run in random directions. That works well when running from a wolf or coyote, not so well when running from a car that is going to go more or less straight on the road.

 

[Wytchdctr]

Glue yourself to someone ass and let them take the insurance claim.

That or slow down and don't speed. Give yourself the extra second to react in deer country.


Do NOT follow someone from a normal distance. Those dense shits might wait for the first car to pass but they won't even look for a second car........

 

[MountainGoat]

Glue yourself to someone ass and let them take the insurance claim.

That or slow down and don't speed. Give yourself the extra second to react in deer country.


Do NOT follow someone from a normal distance. Those dense shits might wait for the first car to pass but they won't even look for a second car........

Out here no one tailgates and backroads are typically empty. I have been driving slower though, actually had a youngin run out in front of me just today.

One thing is the higher the truck is the better off you are. I hit a deer with my old F150. Wasn't lifted but had much bigger tires on and I basically just ran it over with no damage.

 

[Wytchdctr]

Out here no one tailgates and backroads are typically empty. I have been driving slower though, actually had a youngin run out in front of me just today.

One thing is the higher the truck is the better off you are. I hit a deer with my old F150. Wasn't lifted but had much bigger tires on and I basically just ran it over with no damage.

Not too many in my area. Most are in one park area that is easy to avoid. The places outside of Austin TX I drive in with them.. normally have someone to latch on too (ish). Not on their bumper but not my normal distance either. Just not enough for them to run behind the other car like they seem to love to do...(Austin area deer anyway) I have yet to hit one doing that or slowing down if no one is around.


I'd rather hunt with my mosin than my front bumper.

 

[shred5]

I used to live in Burnet County, Texas. Aka "white tail deer capitol of the world". Everyone I knew, including me had hit at least 1 deer....most had whistles installed so.....?
Second most useless thing were brushgaurds.

That is because you guys probably installed them backward and attracted the deer instead of scaring them away.

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