Do deer whistles work?

[mvrider]

2-3 mornings a week, my buddy and I ride up Kings Mountain Rd, a classic climb near us. On the way up, we often pass 2-3 deer grazing by the side of the road. We can hit 40 mph on the descent, and this morning, we passed 3 deer on the way down. A neighbor hit a deer on this road a few years ago and has never biked again.

Which got me thinking about installing deer whistles on our bikes. Do they work?

[josephr]

wouldn't you only know if they didn't?? state troopers around here have them all mounted to the bumpers of their interstate troopers and they swear by them.

[Louis]

You know, I got one the other day and try as I might, I can blow the durn thing until I'm blue in the face and Bambi still refuses to come to me.

[josephr]

Originally Posted by Louis

You know, I got one the other day and try as I might, I can blow the durn thing until I'm blue in the face and Bambi still refuses to come to me.

she's a little occupied....

[William]

That's what I do. many moons ago, after bombing down Decker (South of Corvallis, OR) and having a buck bound across the road about thirty feet in front of me and just missing him, I decided I better make some noise from now on in deer prone areas. Barking like a dog seems to work....and people think you're crazy so they leave you alone.






William

[eippo1]

Originally Posted by William

That's what I do. many moons ago, after bombing down Decker (South of Corvallis, OR) and having a buck bound across the road about thirty feet in front of me and just missing him, I decided I better make some noise from now on in deer prone areas. Barking like a dog seems to work....and people think you're crazy so they leave you alone.






William

Can we get t-shirts with this on them?

[William]

Originally Posted by eippo1

Can we get t-shirts with this on them?

I would wear one...t-shirt or jersey!






William

[gavingould]

i don't think it works if you just wear the shirt/jersey, you still have to bark.

[CunegoFan]

Originally Posted by gavingould

i don't think it works if you just wear the shirt/jersey, you still have to bark.

The shirt/jersey might work for deer, but they allow grazing on public land out here. I don't want to look like a matador waving a red cape while riding past bulls on the sides of the road.

[djg21]

Originally Posted by mvrider

Which got me thinking about installing deer whistles on our bikes. Do they work?

work for what?

http://www.thevog.net/forum/thread/3...t-by-fred-rau/

[rwsaunders]

I think that it was Steven Wright who joked that he "...accidentally installed deer whistles on my rear bumper. Now everywhere I go, I am chased by herds of deer."

[professerr]

Up Old La Honda, down La Honda (84) always seems safer and more fun to me. And the much greater traffic on La Honda scares away the deer I think -- I can't think of the last time I saw one there.

That said, in my experince, deer whistles don't do anything but make noise -- I mounted a set on my car years ago deer could care less. Then I hit a deer with said car and that was the last of my experiment.