well, gobbles can sound farther or closer depending on where you are. in the woods the will soundfarther away than they are cause the foliage and trees will muffle the sound. in an open field they can sound closer than they are. i watched 6 toms gobble at 400 yards away on a hay field and i could hear them fine. later that day i was int he woods and heard what i thought was a distant tom , then when i saw him 3 minutes later he was 45 yards away, then i shut him up and thats how i got my opening day bird this year.