I'm guessing you're referring to Jimmy(i think) and Beth? They were both at the funeral for Otis. I wondered the same thing when he started the generator. Maybe the ones that were close are already in the barn? I thought they said the highschool was only 5 minutes away in a previous episode, so it seems like the walkers there should have headed their direction.

 

I believe he said 5 miles. So that would be a nice distance to cover for slow shambling zombies

 

That's something I never understood, if gunshots can be heard from far away, you're gonna tell me a loud ass chopper isn't gonna attract more roamers? Daryl's just riding around like, "**** it" lol. I love it

 

I love how in the comics and the show, there's two rules-

1. Do not fire your gun unless necessary, as the sound attracts walkers.

2. Do not waste your ammo.

Yet they're always having target practice... haha.

 

They have a target practice/instructional seminar type of thing in the comics as well, way before they even get to Hershel's farm

 

The firearms training is hilarious.

Someone getting taught about firearms should be able to strip and assemble faultlessly, and carry out I.A.s (immediate actions, which are stoppage drills) over and over, before anyone even mentions the use of live ammunition.

Then of course there are the subjects of checking your targets and exposures (collateral damage is a lesson Carl nearly paid the ultimate price for)

 

Well, Daryl's chopper makes loud noise, but the sound is moving, ie it's hard to pinpoint.

A gunshot, on the other hand, is making loud noise from a stationary position: thus it is easier to tell from which direction it comes.

 

I don't see how this farm is 'ideal' anyway. It seems to me there are plenty of walkers stumbling around the woods so I think we should have seen more than this ambling upto the crappy perimeter fence even without the shooting and target practice. I couldn't sit there reading a book, drinking wine (I thought Hershel didn't drink?) and eating lunch, in a house that has wide open doors, no boarded windows, no security whatsoever. And Shane was worried about the barn? I'd be more worried about the massive expanse of wide open land around me where you can be attached from all sides.
They seem pretty relaxed considering in my opinion, it isn't safe at all. If it had a massive 3ft concrete wall all round and iron gates or a massive steap sided trench all the way round then fair enough but anyone can just walk out of the woods (like carol did). So it's not believable really. If they really want to find a 'camp' they need something like a supermarket or shopping centre with roof top parking. They could hole up forever then only foraging out when necessary and would have a great view of the sunset..

 

Plus, a gunshot is still louder than a motorcycle.

Average Gunshot makes 140 decibels of noise and the highest a motorcycle is legally allowed to go is 82 decibels.

The gunshots sound will travel so much further than the noise of the motorcycle... and like silmarien said, the gunshot is stationary and the chopper is moving.

 

I get the target practice, I mean if you save your ammo and have no one who can shoot when the time comes, you're screwed. Plus if it attracted walkers, they're ready with their weapons.