VX vs. Deer

[mbeach]

When I lived in Fairbanks (AK) the first time, I worked part time for Avis (rent-a-car). I distinctly remember two vehicles that had been destroyed by moose coming back in to the shop.

One, a Jeep Cherokee, had its passenger side doors smashed in 6" -the driver thought it cute to get between a cow and calf for a photo op. The mama moose stomped the Jeep to heck.

The other, a previous generation Camry, was destroyed. Very little front bumper damage (took out the moose's skinny legs), the moose had apparantly fallen in through the windshield. The roof was level with the dashboard, and the front seats were broken in half- both occupants were killed, and the floorboards were drenched in moose/human blood.
Very nasty.

Tonight I had to drive a couple hundred miles through deer-infested farmland and I was thinking about this thread the whole time.
Do those deer whistles work?
I have a 4000 mile drive ahead of me this week and I'd like to know.

[crager34]

Not sure if the deer whistles work or not, but I have some on my VX, as I drive Columbus to Cincinnati and back every weekend. No problems so far with any deer crossing my path. There are so many whistles out there, I fugured they must have some merrit.

[mbeach]

Especially on 71. I had to drive down to Cinci last week and I counted no less than 50 dead deer just one way.
It's like the "Highway of Death" for Bambi...

[TEN36VX]

From what I have heard, the electric whistles work great. the wind flow ones owrk okay, but they are not effective until you get over 30mph. and after you hit 55 or so, the deer isnt going to hear it in tim eto get out of the way...

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Do those deer whistles work?
I have a 4000 mile drive ahead of me this week and I'd like to know.

Having tried both the electronic and the air whistle types...my feelings on the matter are that they help except during rutt or when they are fleeing from something.
During rutt they are not thinking straight....purely driven by hormones to reproduce.
I've seen deer come charging across a road during turkey season because they are fleeing from hunters who are in the woods looking for turkey!

Also...the air whistle types are susceptible to swallowing a bug or other form of debris which renders them useless. I personally put them up on the sides of the luggage rack where they are less prone to sucking in a bug as what usually is the case when mounted on the front grille area.

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ght=deer+alert

[Heraclid]

Thought it might happen last night. Was at a wedding in Akron, OH and on the way back to where we were staying, there was a doe just barely standing off the road. Kinda freaked me out. Saw MANY carcasses around the area, up and down I-77. Here in FL, I know SR-16 on the way to Gainesville has a lot of them. And we came back down through Charleston, WV today and despite making the trip many times now over the past few years, I've not seen one (alive anyway) yet. But there were several deer warning signs in the area and one time we were on the WV Turnpike late at night in a very heavy fog and it definitely crossed my mind then.

[dkmiller68]

I stopped and would have dispatched her if she was still alive

dispatched her to where?

[Raque Thomas]

Deer heaven?? Or is that Deerven?

[Rooster]

To the eternal grazing fields...