Would deer be put off by caged dogs barking 24/7?

[Core]

Thinking of leasing a piece of land. It's terribly close to my home, price is fair. One of my worries is it's near a property that has a bunch of dogs. They are all caged and don't run around, but the property sounds like a breeding kennels to be honest. It's loud as heck, dogs going absolutely ballistic at seemingly all hours.

My hope is that deer have grown used to the fact these dogs are caged and not roaming around, rather like how deer get used to a lot of things. Is that fair? The obvious question now is: have I scouted it. I have a bit, but not a ton and this is the absolute worst time of year to do it as much of the area is heavily overgrown. 

[moog5050]

we have a dog that barks often at one property we hunt.  Doesn't seem to bother the deer a bit.  I wouldn't want to set up next to the barking dog and we try to avoid having him bark when we enter early in the morning, but its not really an issue.  I suspect they know the safe boundary from the dogs.

[Paula]

Cousin has apple trees very close to her kennels. Deer are on a daily schedule, dogs still bark and the deer do not flinch, sometimes they will even  lay down just to annoy the dogs

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I have shot sporting clays at a gun club  and had deer laying within 30 yards of a shooting station and never budge when the shootign started. I honestly believe they can become desensitized to things like that and the dogs. 

 

That sound of the dogs is just a sound. it hasn't been linked to a threatening situation becasue they aren't in the woods and chasing the deer.  have a buck wander in the woods during the rut that has been chased by barking dogs and you may get a different reaction to the barking. 

Edited July 19, 2017 by Culvercreek hunt club

[chrisw]

As long as the deer is a local and the barking dogs are nothing new they won't even bat an eye... I shot a 3yr old buck 120yds from a waste management dumpster and he came in to a buck grunt, while coming in the dumpster was being emptied into a truck and I thought for sure that buck would bolt but he never even broke stride. You'll be fine!

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[DirtTime]

Deer get used to more sounds then people think. Barking dogs, ATV's, traffic, and even gun fire if they are around it enough.

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[Nomad]

3 hours ago, Culvercreek hunt club said:

I have shot sporting clays at a gun club  and had deer laying within 30 yards of a shooting station and never budge when the shootign started. I honestly believe they can become desensitized to things like that and the dogs. 

 

That sound of the dogs is just a sound. it hasn't been linked to a threatening situation becasue they aren't in the woods and chasing the deer.  have a buck wander in the woods during the rut that has been chased by barking dogs and you may get a different reaction to the barking. 

The farm I hunt has land all around the old Creekside gun shop, I'd bow hunt weekends and hear the gun guys shooting all,day long , never an issue .

[Pygmy]

Thanksgiving Day,  1968.....

I  left the house at daylight,  heading down across the road, where there  were many hundreds of acres that I had permission to hunt..

I heard my walker foxhound barking back behind the house..I looked back and saw a buck standing about 30 yards from the dog ....

 

I walked back across the road, rested my12 gauge Ithaca deerslayer on the corner of the house right outside my parent's bedroom, and dropped the buck right in our vegetable garden...

By the time my parents woke up, I had the deer gutted and hanging in the barn..

I asked my Dad if he heard any shooting close by...He said he heard a shot somewhere closeby...Hehehehe..My shot was within ten feet of his BED ...

I had to load the guts in a washtub and take them away from the house..Only buck I ever shot that I had to haul the guts away..

[airedale]

As long as it is in the Deer's mind there is no threat they will get used to and not pay much attention to all sorts of noise and ruckus including dogs and their barking.

Al

Edited July 20, 2017 by airedale

[Steuben Jerry]

Our little Maltese barks up a storm when he sees deer in the back yard. The deer could care less.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

10 minutes ago, Steuben Jerry said:

Our little Maltese barks up a storm when he sees deer in the back yard. The deer could care less.

I can understand that. Why would a deer be scared of a cat that small...lol. Just kidding. 

[Steuben Jerry]

1 hour ago, Culvercreek hunt club said:

I can understand that. Why would a deer be scared of a cat that small...lol. Just kidding. 

Lol, he is actually the same size as our cat! But he's got a big personality!

[WNYBuckHunter]

Our dogs have invisible fencing, the deer seem to know their limits. The dogs will stand there barking less than 20 feet from the deer, at the edge of the fence signal and the deer could care less.

[Core]

Nice, total consensus it seems on the dogs are no issue!

[Water Rat]

I wouldn't worry about it.