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| Years ago I had a bad deer/car collision. Someone (who knows a little about a lot of things) told me to put deer whistles on my vehicle, I'd never have another encounter...as they really work...as he used them and had not hit a deer yet....and I'm thinking, yeah right..I'll try they anyway...can't hurt to try them.
Well I had an unfortunate encounter with Jane Doe late last night. I saw her coming, slowed, and watched as she ran into 'me.' I stopped, and watched the others cross without incident, and then got out to survey the damage. I looked up and saw Jane come swaggering toward me b4 jumping the ditch and going over a little hill. Fearing she might be have been injured badly and fearing she might drop and suffer, I repositioned the Jeep, got out, went to cross the ditch to look for her, and sank to my ankles in mud and water. Grrrrrrr. I topped the little hill, saw nothing, and came on home...more than a little disgruntled. So...short story made long...Don't put any trust in those 'stupid' deer whistles. Do they even sell them anymore? Sue...who is glad she has comprehensive insurance coverage |
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| Sue, a couple years ago, our body shop manager for the fun of it, kept track of the number of deer hit estimates he did that did or did not have deer whistles. He did, if I remember correctly, 52 deer hit estimates that fall and 17 had deer whistles and 35 did not. That's 32% with deer whistles. He decided that 32% was about the percentage of cars that used them whether they hit one or not. I've been told that it makes a big difference where you place them on your car. My guess is that the best thing to do with 'em is not buy 'em and go get you burger with the money you save. |
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| Interesting....that reminds me, I forgot to call my insurance agent. Sue...who would rather buy more tomato seeds than a burger.lol |
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| oh sue, that's a tough story. i sympathize. looking for the deer you hit seems like a waste of time. i hit 1 once at about 40 mph with a toyota sized car and it went flying! i too got out to find it. there was blood around and a long steep hill, about 45 degrees steep. no deer! i was sure i'd killed it yet it managed to go up that hill. you know, i use old postage stamps arranged in a circle around my yard to ward off elephants. gotta tell you it must work, ain't seen 1 yet! i think the auto body shop story says it all! tom |
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| The time b4 that I hit one, it went straight up in the air (like on cartoons)...I found it in the ditch, very hurt, but still alive. I came home and called the Sherriff's Dept. They have a call list of folks who will go and put the deer out of its misery and will then take the deer for the meat. sue |
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| If that deer was hit anywhere forward on the side, it's 99% certain that it's dead now. Would have taken about 15 minutes so it's not a long slow death. The ribs break and puncture a lung. Very few survive that. One exception that I knew was a 13-point buck that I shot about 5 years ago. 5 ribs on one side had been broken and healed when the deer was much younger. He obviously just got a good bump as there were no scars anywhere else. Martin |
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