Thread: how far do deer run

Depends on hunting pressure, age of animal, and group size. Quite often young ones will stick around and try to figure out what you are. If they scent you they'll be gone for sure, next watershed or major piece of cover. I personally have had young Sika and reds stand and look at me for quite some time before they bolted, sometimes older ones too in low pressure areas. Very hard to put an exact distance on how far they'll bolt.