Our path kept us on top as we continued to ride up the ridge we were on, with the plan to make a horseshoe turn to the right and come down on them from the top. They appeared to be moving up however, so time was of the essence. It took us a good hour to get over to the top side of that ridge, and shortly before arriving we had two spikes and a group of 8-10 cows bust out from some timber in front of us before heading off the other side.