Obviously if you have a cabin and it is used for hunting it would be best to keep visitors to mininum, especially during hunting season. Let them visit and show them around when you are scouting or something.

My opinion though, as long as the dog is on a leash at all times and not taken near your stands I think you will be alright. Also might not want to have others walking around where you hunt. Maybe you can take them on a walk when they get there to show them where you hunt and check things out and then ask them to stay away from that area while you are hunting. Leave Fido at the cabin during the walk.

My hunting buddy has one of his spots not 80 yards off from his moms back porch. They have dogs and other animals, not to mention people visiting. And they live near MIS race track so you get some traffic at times too. He as no trouble killing deer. I have actually sat in my back yard tree line 90 yards from my house and many others in a tree stand and had deer walk under me. Heck they bed down in the empty lot between my house and the neighbors.

I don't think it will ruin your whole season, but it may inconvenience you for a day or so. Hunting is fun, but I wouldn't put it above your family. If this is going to be an on going thing you might consider moving your stands farther away from the dwelling if they are close. I don't see where having them there is going to be any different than you being there.

Deer have good senses and are skittish, but they are not very smart and are sort of creatures of habit until the rut hits. And once that happens it won't matter who or what is in the area. They just don't think right.

I have shot deer and had to track them, then drag them to a vehicle we drove in there. Come back a day or so later and see deer again. I have also talked to others that used dogs to track downed deer. And then killed another in the same week.

Good luck and remember whatever happens to have fun and try and enjoy yourself.

Paul