Deer whistles on your Mirage, effective or myth?

[dspace9]

I wonder if some folks on the Forum can let me know if the deer whistles I just put on my Mirage are effective? Like making a sound so deer and raccoons run away as I'm driving a night on rural roads. To be honest I had one or two close calls with a deer and with raccoons in the last week alone, so I figured I'd try deer whistles on my grille. The left side is partly plastic-ed off. So I put them lower sort of.

Or, are deer whistles a gizmo that doesn't work.. I wonder if people on the Mirage Forum have had experience with them in the past? Thanks

[MirageRally]

Not Sure, l just blare techno music with the windows down lol Also those Led lights will help a ton over stock with the High beams on....l've wondered if deer whistles work as well...hope someone can answer that for you

[dspace9]

Not Sure, l just blare techno music with the windows down lol Also those Led lights will help a ton over stock with the High beams on....l've wondered if deer whistles work as well...hope someone can answer that for you

Your upgraded lights turned out to be a big improvement eh? That's a good preventative measure to take. So far I am still with my original lightbulbs all around my car. I do the go-around check to make sure things are working proper, or sometimes or do my light inspection with mirrored buildings. I think they are good lights on my Mirage, but of course there are better options out there.

My old cars, especially my old VW, had probably less than 50% the headlight power my Mirage has now.

[MirageRally]

Your upgraded lights turned out to be a big improvement eh? That's a good preventative measure to take. So far I am still with my original lightbulbs all around my car. I do the go-around check to make sure things are working proper, or sometimes or do my light inspection with mirrored buildings. I think they are good lights on my Mirage, but of course there are better options out there.

My old cars, especially my old VW, had probably less than 50% the headlight power my Mirage has now.

Always a good idea to check that all bulbs are functioning, l almost got a ticket in HS for a burnt out license plate bulb...by converting over to led, l don't have to check as much.

[Pryme]

The general consensus in the upper midwest throughout the years has been that those are garbage and don't do anything. WI had a reported 18,000 deer strikes last year, those whistles just don't work.

[Fummins]

Yeah, deer are stupid and suicidal. I've seen more road pizza deer than anything else. Deer whistles used to be a fad 20-30 years ago. I just don't see them around anymore. I do recall seeing deer whistles on wrecks that clearly hit a deer. They do look super cool though so they're not a total waste of money.

[inuvik]

I wonder if some folks on the Forum can let me know if the deer whistles I just put on my Mirage are effective? Like making a sound so deer and raccoons run away as I'm driving a night on rural roads. To be honest I had one or two close calls with a deer and with raccoons in the last week alone, so I figured I'd try deer whistles on my grille. The left side is partly plastic-ed off. So I put them lower sort of.

Or, are deer whistles a gizmo that doesn't work.. I wonder if people on the Mirage Forum have had experience with them in the past? Thanks

I thought they were a "Deer Call Whistle" just like a duck call. If you want to hit one it's a sure fire way to attract them. Saves you a lot of time and energy if you're a hunter. No hunting license necessary and they come to you!

[dspace9]

The whistles package says "Wildlife Warning System" as the name of the thing and under that "An effective way to avoid animal/automobile accidents."

I took a photo to show you, but Windows 10 just eliminated my bluetooth button on my taskbar. Windows is still so annoying.