We used to have that same problem here. I came out of the woods the first night of our firearms season, and heard the dogs beggining to fire-up. Also, the bear season comes in the second week of the season.

So, this year I haven't heard the dogs during deer season, and saw about the same number of deer. But, I do feel that the coon hunters do stir things upa bit with the dogs running around. If the dogs are ONLY running coon the deer may not be as disturbed, but my dad used to coon hunt and we saw just as many dogs running deer as coons.

I would rather hunt in a situation where there are no dogs running around to change the habits of the deer.