Thread: how far do deer run

Theres a study done somewhere I remember reading it online, was done on red deer in the Kaimanawas from memory and I think it was an average of 3km they would relocate after being properly spooked. In saying that, a month or so back I came across a Red hind and her young one browsing a broadleaf gut whilst sidling through some bush, she saw me and we had a stare-off for a bit before she shuffled off and gave a couple of disgusted snorts/barks. I walked straight through the spot where they were grazing and didnt bother trying to catch up with them as I aas hoping I might stumble onto a stag, I came back through the exact same area about 3 or 4 hours later and she was back there browsing the broadleaf again! I would asume I had left scent through there but it obviously didnt bother her. All deer are different depending on their life experience, if they get a lot of pressure and their mates keep dissapearing every time they smell human then I imagine they get a bit upset about human smell, but then you will get for example deer living on bush edge near a farm and they wont give two shits about human smell, sounds etc but are still every bit as cautious, they obviously just have different triggers etc and build the picture differently that adds up to danger when something is wrong