Anyone have any experience? I'm about to embark on Take II on bringing my car home, and I'm curious to know if anyone has had any experiences with them, positive or negative. I need to get myself and my car home unharmed, and I will do what I have to, short of a cattle guard, to do it!

Thoughts?

 

Consumer reports a few years back said FICTION.
-- Aaron

 

I couldn't tell you personally, but when I was going to school in the U.P. of Michigan, EVERY local had them on their vehicle.

Clark

 

Lots of locals up here in the mountains have them - I've always thought they were a joke. Why not call your division of wildlife and see what they say. I'll try to do the same here in CO tomorrow, and will post what they say. Others? Let's see what the "experts" think!

 

A friend was involved with an untimely meeting with a moose on his motorcycle. The only thing that was still intact and recovered was the deer whistle. These things may only serve to make the animal "freeze" in their tracks when they hear it - sort of like what they do when they're caught in your headlights. So if they are just off to the side of the road, they may freeze and stay there till you pass. On the other hand, maybe they won't.

 

I've found that turning up the bass or keeping high revs scares the animals away. try to be as noisy as you can, but the deer whistles just don't cut it.

 

I was under the impression of fiction

 

I have no personal experience with them, but here's a link to more information:
http://www.google.com/search?q=deer+whistl...G=Google+Search

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sondra S2K
[B]Anyone have any experience?

 

xviper is right.

Deer whistles tend to "freeze" 'em in their tracks. I have them on my Passport (whistles, not deer) and have seen deer freeze several times.

Don't spend a lot of money on them. I got mine at AutoZone for $8.00.