Understood, Bry......and I walk by a real swimming pool to get to a spot I hunt on occasion. I hear leaf blowers, mowers, etc... almost EVERY time I hunt....and I can hear my dog barking from every spot I hunt.

My honey hole's on a 24 acre tract of land (1/2 mile from my door), though, that is uninhabited (with hundreds of acres of frmland I don't have access to behind that). Although I'm only 300yds from the nearest dwelling.....it's still a little different than most might imagine. One good thing is......I can hear the Friday night HS football games on stand without buying a ticket OR missing a hunting opportunity!(1.5 miles away)