Hitting deer or elk is my greatest concern driving in the middle of the night. Is there enough ram air to make them whistle? High frequencies quickly attenuate in air. Are they even heard far enough ahead to have an effect? Thank you. Robert

They’ve been invented. They’re called PIAA driving lights. :wink:

If the deer whistles are hard for the deer or elk to hear, someone needs to come up with a high frequency hearing aid for the deer and elk. Then these animals would hear the whistles and stay out of the way of the cars.

“Do deer whistles actually work?” It has been proven that they do absolutely nothing…

That begs the question would not the deer or elk hear a car coming? Me being a human having less sensitive hearing than a deer can still hear a car coming early enough to be alerted.

Just to be a wise guy, as usual, the doppler effect would produce higher sounds depending on the speed traveled, with respect to the deer you were approaching. In that case, how would you ever calibrate the appropriate frequency, if there even was one. That makes me eVen more skeptical about their p…

Interesting. Is there a link? Thank you.

I could play a recording of wolf howls over the siren speakers. Maybe sound like Ghostbusters!

A Federal Parkway through a National Forrest near my home was a daily route for me for several years and at dark the deer were moving and seemed to take little notice of automobiles with or without the whistles. I have stopped and let more than a dozen pass in single file and flashing the lights and…

If they do work, what about the dear next to the road? I envision hundreds of dear, their hooves held to their ears pleading, “MAKE THE WHISTLING STOP!!!”

Do deer whistles actually work?

General Discussion

Bladecutter February 7, 2011, 9:21pm 19

Predators don’t make any sound until they are attacking the prey.

BC.

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