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Old 04-04-2008, 04:35 AM
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I was salvaging a set of piaa fog lights from a wrote off truck in my father in laws lot today and came accross one of these installed in it:

http://www.xp3hornet.com/products.shtml

I was going to salvage it too, but was running late for the hockey game, and wanted to see if it was any worth while doing before i started digging for more wires.

Anyone have or heard of how these things work? they make a motorcycle harness for it too.
 
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Old 04-04-2008, 04:53 AM
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Here is my deer repeller
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on the other hand I can count the amount of deer I've seen in the city in the past 18 years on one hand.
They better watch out I may only be using the iron sites on the rifle but I'm my aims not to far on from 100 yards away. The orage is about as wide as a persons from shoulder to shoulder
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:12 AM
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ive never heard of it, but if you buy it let us know how well it works (if it works[8D]) that'd come in great handy here in nh.
 
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Old 04-04-2008, 01:52 PM
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They are not fool proof but they help. They put out a high pitch noise that supposedly makes the deer kind of freeze up before they run out in front of you. They are not foolproof!


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Old 04-04-2008, 03:24 PM
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They are not fool proof but they help. They put out a high pitch noise that supposedly makes the deer kind of freeze up before they run out in front of you. They are not foolproof!


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I guess it can't harm, and its not like you'll know for sure if its working until its too late anyway . Personally I've never hit a deer (which is a MASSIVE accomplishment with my former field of work, driving through highways and bushes to oil rigs) but the price for this puppy is right....free. I just have to take it out of a car.
 
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Old 04-05-2008, 03:10 PM
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That's funny Asz. Here's mine.[8D]

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But seriously anything we can do to keep moving objects away from us is always good. The deer devices have been around for some time, and have been improved on, so I say go for it.
 
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Old 04-06-2008, 04:41 AM
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They seem to work very well ... at making money for their manufacturers, but not much else.

 
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Old 04-06-2008, 05:45 PM
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Probably wouldn't work on deaf deer either [&:]
 
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Old 04-07-2008, 04:26 AM
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Probably wouldn't work on deaf deer either [&:]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! lmao.....


I don't know if those work or not. I have never hit a deer, come close. I had a buddy hit a deer on his Harley, and his bike is LOUD...If the dumb *** deer can't hear that comin, I don't think a whistle is gonna help. LOL.....I figure, it's cheap enuff, if it stops at least one deer from runnin out, it paid for itself.

I'm gonna google and see if I can find evidence of it workin or not.....


edit: google results. I learned summin new. lol

From what most of the articles say that the deer's hearing frequency is, the electronic deer repeller you are looking at runs a different frequency than deer can hear. I think, lol....I read to much.

http://www.bioacoustics.uconn.edu/re...26%20FINAL.pdf

http://www.deercrash.com/Toolbox/CMToolboxWhistles.pdf this one, on page 5, actualy shows that the whistles had a higher rate of making the deer run towards the vehicle. LOL

After reading numerous articles, I have decided that they don't work. LOL....oh well.
 
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The real way to repel deer is by using predator scent. You get wolf **** and smear it all over your bike. The deers survival instincts will immediately take over and the deer will stay as far away as possible.

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