Deer Whistle - To prevent accidents on the road

[ndjfb00]

Yeh that 74k has been banded around for donkeys and I'm my view way way out of date but nobody nationally collated the data.

My issue is the mention of 'April' I'm in a high deer strike area and we don't see that at all, dark mornings / evenings is crazy with deer strikes

 

[Roebuck9]

Oct 14, 2024 · According to the British Deer Society, a deer is hit by a car every seven minutes in England. The RSPCA reports that approximately 75,000 deer are involved in vehicle collisions.

I believe BDS collect data you can send them the road accident location and they will record it.

 

[ndjfb00]

Oct 14, 2024 · According to the British Deer Society, a deer is hit by a car every seven minutes in England. The RSPCA reports that approximately 75,000 deer are involved in vehicle collisions.

I believe BDS collect data you can send them the road accident location and they will record it.

They don't get our data! I can believe the every 7 mins, the RSPCA know **** about deer collisions, least most interested org I know ref deer strikes

 

[Roebuck9]

www.theaa.com › driving-advice › safetyDeer collisions, what to do, and the law | The AA​

Feb 17, 2025 · Deer collisions present a greater risk than other roadkill incidents because of their large size. As many as 74,000 deer are killed or injured in collisions on the roads every year.

 

[Ratten]

Very popular in States such as Montana and over the line in BC. Last thing you want is a 1/2 ton moose on your lap at 3am.

Time to frequent better quality nightclubs. We've all been there

 

[ndjfb00]

Time to frequent better quality nightclubs. We've all been there

Ha brillent!!

 

[Taff]

Had a couple on the truck for a few years now - foxes and deer do seem to acknowledge the ultrasonic sound and scatter a bit more hastily. Nearly always see deer on my early morning drive to a stalking venue - no close calls to note.

Think I bought them originally as I seem to remember reading that emergency vehicles in Scotland had trialled them and fitted them.

For £8 - it’s surely a punt worth taking.

Hope possums can,t hear them, my kill rate would drop.

 

[Swedish]

Very popular in States such as Montana and over the line in BC. Last thing you want is a 1/2 ton moose on your lap at 3am.

I'm guessing you've never had a night out in Barrow-in Furness?

 

[Swedish]

Time to frequent better quality nightclubs. We've all been there

Haha, I'd posted my reply before I got to yours!

 

[Tim.243]

Those were very popular in the states some twenty years ago. So popular that the animals got used to the whistle same as they had been used to the sound of a car. They just became one more piece of debris littering the roadside after an rta.
Someone sure did make a pocketful on them though.


Scott

Here we have wind driven pigeon scarers so after time pigeons get used to them and feed on the OSR also they don't work without any wind!
Pigeons get used to gas guns and feed close by.

"To Cry Wolf"

 

[wytonpjs]

Bought a pack of 6 - only have need of 2 to try. Others up for grabs:

• One for £2
• Two for £3
• All four for £4

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Two left................................

 

[JockStalk]

Sound awfully like the whistles we fitted in the outback to prevent skippy and cattle collisions on gravel roads.
After an extensive trial with several hundred vehicles and hundreds of thousands of kilometres driven we found they made precisely zero difference. Driving 10km slower did.

 

[Heym SR20]

There are plenty of devices used elsewhere that seem to work well. There are little prisms mounted on a stick that you put a few metres in from the road side. These catch a cars headlights and send a rainbow of different coloured light that deer and boar really don’t like so they stop. The real benefit is they stop the animal before it gets to the road - cars headlights are hitting the prisms 100 to 200m ahead of the car.

Of course such things are put in by authorities, but then consider the cost of all traffic accidents - consider the cost of a serious accident with a deer - fire engine, ambulance, hospital etc.

With a deer whistle, presumably you can hear it inside the car as well as outside.

 

[sh1kar]

There are plenty of devices used elsewhere that seem to work well. There are little prisms mounted on a stick that you put a few metres in from the road side. These catch a cars headlights and send a rainbow of different coloured light that deer and boar really don’t like so they stop. The real benefit is they stop the animal before it gets to the road - cars headlights are hitting the prisms 100 to 200m ahead of the car.

Of course such things are put in by authorities, but then consider the cost of all traffic accidents - consider the cost of a serious accident with a deer - fire engine, ambulance, hospital etc.

With a deer whistle, presumably you can hear it inside the car as well as outside.

I can’t hear mine
S

 

[wytonpjs]

I can’t hear mine
S

Is that because we are old.................

 

[fixedwheel]

Two left................................

After just having the front of my car remodelled by a roe buck, I'll take those if still available please.

 

[Charles S-J]

I wrote this a few years ago but it might be of interest:

SONIC DEVICES

These days it’s easy to obtain sonic devices, usually operating on pitches only audible to animal ears, which the makers claim will deter a variety of animals such as cats, foxes, rodents or deer from entering your garden or other places where they are not welcome. Some of them, it must be said, seem to be quite effective although different animals are most sensitive at varying frequencies.

Not so long ago, though, they were not readily available in this country. A friend, recently returned from the USA, presented me with an early model picked up as a curiosity in a shooting store. It was called the ‘Animal Lover’ and was intended to be mounted on a car to prevent animals from running onto the road in front of it. Wired to the battery, it was only activated when the vehicle was running.

I must admit that, while sceptical, I was intrigued by the concept and decided to test it. The device was fixed to the front bumper of my old Landrover and, as an added refinement, fitted with an on/off switch so that I could activate it when I wanted to from the dashboard.

The next morning I toured my stalking grounds where we never shot from, or near, vehicles, and as a result the deer were quite relaxed in their presence. Seeing a roe doe with two kids, I stopped the Landrover and though I’d see what effect the Animal Lover had. I flipped the switch; the kids ignored me completely, and their mother continued to stare in my direction, chewing occasionally on a mouthful of freshly cropped herbage and showing no concern.

Undeterred, I tied it again on several more animals with no effect whatsoever. Discounting the gadget at a useless gimmick and deciding to get rid of it, I drove home to find the family cat, a large, battle scarred tom which brought home fully grown rabbits to play with and which the local dogs gave a wide berth, sleeping peacefully on our doorstep. Idly I switched on the Animal Lover with unexpected results; the cat went from deep slumber to three feet off the ground in one movement and fled at speed. It was not seen again for several days.

I removed the device and decided to keep quiet.