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I'm not sure that the game can hear the ejectors because that would mean that you've just fired the rifle and want to do so again - the "booms" would've already deafened them or at least alerted them, I feel.

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That was my view as well until it happened to me.

They (herds) sometimes can't tell where a shot came from
and so "mill around" trying to work out what to do - especially if you have taken out one of the head bulls or cows.

This exact thing happened this year - heading along, spotted a herd of Buff in some scrub / trees next to the flood plain. We crossed the fence, crept up to within 100 yards, I couldn't pick what my mate was saying about which one to shoot so he let rip with a 450 BP.

He dropped the main cow with one shot, the others just stood there not knowing what to do.

IF his gun had pinged, they would have been off in a flash.

This was exactly the same as one of the scenarios when it happened to me - except we were letting rip with a lot more shots after it happened.

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