How far will a herd go when they get spooked

[nphunter]

How are you finding them in the thick cover? Looking for prints on the ground or calling or what?

Fresh sign, smelling them, listening for them, calling. We’ve been sitting close enough to a Huge herd bull the last few days we can hear him scent checking his cows and glunking for hours. They are sticking to the cover until pretty much dark before feeding out. We’ve been in bow range several times and even at full draw once but no clean shot.

 

[BigNate]

My son and his buddies had excited two bulls calling and the two bulls actually got into a sparing match. Clown road his quad up a "closed" road above them and bugled like crap. The fight stopped, the bulls split and ran out of the basin.
They learn quickly, and if they didn't leave after a bust far enough, and busted again, that second run will be a long ways.

 

[Elkhntr08]

As far as they need to, to feel safe.
Almost an impossible question to answer, every situation is different.