i have heard them probably 1 mile away in calm conditions on ridge tops. just passing through home and heading too Idaho for the opener tagged out in Montana and Wyoming lots of turkeys with a good mix of jakes and longbeards as always plenty of hens. I shot 3 longbeards so far for the team 1- 20# spurs 13/16, 13/16 beard 71/4 2- 21# spurs 5/8 and 5/8 beard 71/83- 22# spurs 3/4 and 11/16 beard 73/4 THE birds were all good 2 yr olds but i think there beards must have frozen over the winter and broke off the average over the years has been 8-9 inches. Also my hunting partner found a monster whitetail dead 7x9 170 class i will get some pix and post them