Well, no they don’t then! I conclude from this paper that constantly honking your horn is the only effective method to alert deer. Not such a good idea in populated areas.
I watched this recent PBS program on deer overpopulation in NY, it’s a big problem: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365000001/
Stuart
From: Alistair Bell [mailto:albell@shaw.ca] Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 6:36 AM To: Stuart MacMillan Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Deer whistles--do they work?
http://www.bioacoustics.uconn.edu/reports/ARLOManuscript326%20FINAL.pdf
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