The hunt is a tracking mob. It has some pretty funny restrictions on it for it to work. More restrictive than Nightgaunts I believe. But I wonder if a conjie could phase door in a direction and it would get stuck like any other tracking mob because the "scent is just gone", Either way, yes, You could have just walked past it, Even here, there was a door near you, pass door, through that, not sure the Hunt can open doors.