Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 16:33:53 +0000
Reply-To: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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From: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Deer whistles--do they work?
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One motorcyclist a couple of years ago near me wasn't so lucky, he was killed from hitting a deer on his bike. I know someone too, who had a similar experience as the gentleman in the pick up, but he wasn't as lucky either-it landed on his windshield and he was nearly killed as well. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> If only it all happened that way, a guy I know who works second shift
> hit
> one while riding home on his Harley. He got banged up pretty good, got
> lucky!
> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
> On Sep 8, 2013 10:05 AM, "JRodgers" <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
> > My carpenter - an old gentleman who lived out in one of Alabama's
> > more
> > rural counties, - was going home one evening in the fall and decided
> > to
> > take a short cut he knew - down a dirt road that was a bit more
> > logging
> > trail than road. The road cut through a hill resulting in a bit of a
> > cliff
> > right next to the road. His old truck was a rattlety-clunk bit of a
> > ride
> > and as he drove by, he felt - and heard - a big "whump" but paid no
> > heed,
> > thinking he had hit something in the road and the truck just groaned
> > a bit
> > more than usual from the impact. When he got home it was very dark,
> > but
> > there a light on at the porch, just sufficient for him not see to
> > walk to
> > the house, but not into his truck bed. He reached in to grab his
> > tool box,
> > and felt hair! He got out his flashlight, and there he found a dead
> > doe -
> > which apparently jumped off the embankment as he passed, crashed
> > into the
> > bed of the truck and broke it's neck. Easy venison that night.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On 9/8/2013 9:24 AM, ralph meyermann wrote:
> >
> >> Hilarious! I think there are too many variables for how they are
> >> made,speed
> >> of travel and air flow characteristics where they are mounted. I
> >> can see
> >> how they can work but not 100% sold on. I think the best way is
> >> thinning/managing the herd to help prevent such incidents, help
> >> prevent
> >> the
> >> spread of sickness/disease amongst them, confirming my place on the
> >> food
> >> chain while putting my wit and abilities against these cunning but
> >> sometimes stupid animals ,, putting meat in my freezer. My daughter
> >> cant
> >> seem to get enough venison. Multiple ways are needed to reduce
> >> these
> >> incidents. My fuel efficient Hyundai was totaled by a doe early
> >> this
> >> summer, sadly I did not have any implement other than my daughter's
> >> softball bat to put it down which I refrained from ( she did not
> >> need to
> >> see that) and it hobbled off and got away from me before the
> >> sheriff came.
> >> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
> >> On Sep 8, 2013 6:59 AM, "J Stewart" <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> LOL, I've heard that question asked many, many times and I've never
> >> heard
> >>> found anyone who could give a definitive answer. I've seen cars in
> >>> my
> >>> area
> >>> with 10 of the things mounted across the front bumper. I know
> >>> people who
> >>> absolutely swear they work because they've never hit a deer with
> >>> one on
> >>> the
> >>> front of their car. But then I drove for 35 years before hitting
> >>> my first
> >>> deer. My daughter took just six months after getting her license
> >>> to hit
> >>> one. In my area (Loudoun County, Virginia) I see several each day
> >>> that
> >>> have
> >>> been hit and many, many more that have not. I am very much against
> >>> animal
> >>> cruelty, but not when it come to these damn things. As a
> >>> motorcyclist
> >>> they
> >>> pose a serious threat to my safety. In many areas the population
> >>> of deer
> >>> have spiraled out of control, and mine is one of them. I don't
> >>> hunt, but
> >>> I'm seriously considering it. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message
> >>> -----
> >>>
> >>>> On 9/8/2013 12:06 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> My son hit a deer the first time he borrowed my '84 Westy about
> >>>>> 20
> >>>>> years
> >>>>> ago. No problem getting the insurance company to fix it back
> >>>>> then. I
> >>>>> wonder if these "deer whistles" actually work?
> >>>>> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_**view_details.php?id=4050<http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=4050>
> >>>>> <
> >>>>>
> >>>> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_**view_details.php?id=4050&**
> >>> category_id=&category_pa<http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=4050&category_id=&category_pa>
> >>>
> >>>> rent_id> &category_id=&category_parent_**id=
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I did run with them for a long time after my son's incident, but
> >>>>> I
> >>>>> wonder.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Stuart
> >>>>>
> >>>> Steven Wright(comedian) once said he accidentally mounted his
> >>>> deer
> >>>> whistles backwards on his vehicle and the next day he was driving
> >>>> and
> >>>> looked in the rear view mirror and he had a heard of deer
> >>>> following
> >>>> him
> >>>> down the road.........
> >>>> As to your question, I used them"after the fact" when I hit a
> >>>> deer
> >>>> with
> >>>> my old '79 Breadloaf and never had another encounter. I found a
> >>>> pair
> >>>> of
> >>>> deeer whistles in the bottom of an auction flat a few years ago
> >>>> where
> >>>> the PO had mounted the whistles on magnetic mounts. Must've been
> >>>> some
> >>>> time ago since there aren't many metal bumpers out there these
> >>>> days.....
> >>>> DM&FS
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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