Topic: Wear your gear and be safe !

[flybox1]

I would think that any deer that doesnt run from the sound of our bikes, wont run from a plastic whistle 

[70CB750]

I seen those whistles on cars damaged by hitting a deer - they dont work IMO.

Flybox, sure, they will run when they hear the bike, but in a situation like yesterday - woods, road and field with the deer in the field - they will run for the cover, i.e. woods and cross the road in front of me.

[flybox1]

70CB750- I should have said run AWAY.     I used to live in a heavily wooded area with lots of deer.  Had one run beside me on the shoulder for 20-25 yds before it jumped the ditch.  I was on my 350F and yes, i had a 'deer whistle' on it.  Luckily I had slowed to about 20.  The whistles (if they actually work at any speed under 60mph) and the sound of our bikes certainly dont scare them in the opposite direction. 

[thelowmax]

Just the other day I went for a long ride on the highway on a very hot day. I usually wear my gear but because it was so hot decided to just wear street clothes (long sleeve button up shirt, jeans and boots). After about 90 minutes at high speed the beating I was getting from my shirt flapping in the wind was driving me crazy. Plus I was roasting under the blazing sun. I realized that my jacket provides just as much protection from the elements as well as cooling ventilation. Traffic jams, however, are another story.

[bjbuchanan]

The whistles don't work, plenty of wrecked cars get whacked right near them lol. Another issue with the deer is the "spook" thing. They get scared and run but it is an instinctual thing, they just bolt, no direction intended a lot of the time.

I have seen what I know is a "dead" deer jump straight up in the air and run for a quarter mile after it took a shot straight through it's heart. After me and my grandfather chased the damn thing down and field stripped it we got back to the house and discovered he had blown the heart up when the bullet hit it