>> IMHO I believe that there is the distinct possibility that deer whistles do
>> nothing but your mind thinks that they do. In other words, the
>>application of
>> the whistles and the observation that deer and other critters vacate the road
>> area may be an illusory relationship. I remember thinking, after installing
>> my first pair of deer whistlers on my 69B daily driver, how all the deer
>> seemed to be leaping away from me as hurled on down the road. Later, while
>> driving the land battleship (93 Chevy Caprice station wagon), without the
>> benefit of the deer whistlers, I began to notice the same phenomenon. The
>> point is that once I installed the whistlers on my lbc my perception and
>> expectations changed - not the deer's behavior!!
>
>I am very much inclined to agree with you. The only caviat I have with it
>though
>is the type of folk that many of the motorcycle only magazines have used to
>study. As far as Bobby and Bobby Boop go, I tend to ignore them and their
>"endorsements" of products. Heck, they buy gas line magnets and such too.
>
>But when it's serious, very good riders, especially ones that live in deer
>country, and they are noting a result, it makes me wonder. Not so much the
>claims about seeing deer run away. That's not what they are reporting.
>Instead
>it's a substantial reduction in the number of deer seen at all. That's a horse
>of a different collor (or a deer of a different rack).
>
>That all said, I don't have them on my cars or my bikes, and have no
>intention of purchasing or mounting them.
>
>Oh, about the gas, my old Beetle ran much better with a full tank then a
>near empty
>tank. Especially up hills. But I think you know why... :-)
Hey Nolan, for $5 why not give it a try. It's cheap insurance. It only
takes one critter to spoil your day - or all of them.
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