I noticed something last fall while bow hunting that I've never noticed before, and I don't know what the answer is. A couple of time last fall while bowhunting 100 yards away from some friends, we had a huge flock of turkeys work past us. Some of these birds were gobbling, but despite only being 100 yards away, my friends couldn't hear the gobbling, and likewise, when they worked past my friends gobbling, I couldn't hear them. Now, this occured on several occassions, and without leaves on the trees, and with little to no wind. I know in the spring I can hear a bird gobbling for 3 to 4 times that distance, but just couldn't hear them in the fall. What is the reason for this? Does it have anything to do with the orange/yellow spongy stuff in the gobblers chest in the spring? Are gobblers more vocal all year long than we give them credit for simply because we can't hear them from as great a distance? Could the lack of gobbling in late spring simply be that they don't gobble as loud late in the season??

Thanks!

Slice