First dogs know nothing about property lines, it's not the dogs fault...it's a bad owner.
In Ohio shooting a dog is a felony with jail time.
I would bang on the neighbors door and not be nice about it, next I would call the dog warden, next I would call the sheriff.
Problem I have here is guys running coyotes or pretending to so they can run deer off others properties right before gun seasons start, or thinking it's coyotes who cares. My properties are heavily posted.
A month ago at my little woods I had a bunch of trucks parked all along the road on me, I pulled up and recognized a distant neighbor that had asked a few years ago about running coyotes on me and I told him no. He is a fifth generation mega farmer that pretty much does what he wants. That day I told him very politely that we were still deer hunting and I didn’t want anyone on our property, he told me their dogs don’t bother deer the deer just circle back. I said not on my small property they leave and are gone stay out of my woods and drove off.
There was plenty of snow on the ground, an hour later I came back by and could see where they pulled right in my drive to drop dogs and people tracks all over my place.
I called him up and he pretty much told me to pound sand and that I knew nothing about hunting…I couldn’t believe his arrogance. I video taped the area sent it to our warden then called the warden…it is being investigated right now.
Next time I will be the exact opposite of nice and go full on crazy landowner.
I am by no means defending this trespassers excuse to why he hunted your land, but I have hunted birds my entire life, I have also hunted coon. I can verify in my case deer dont run away to far from hunting dogs, at least if they dont chase the deer. I have gone bird hunting, then shot a deer bow hunting an hour later. I have coon hunted all night, then had the land owner send me pictures of all the deer in the same field we were in an hour earlier. But, that isnt all deer, and I am sure these deer are slightly spooked, and on alert, and can make them harder to hunt. Not to mention the fact, if the land owner tells, or asks you not to be there, you shouldnt be there. It is a lack of respect.
But again, none of this is the dogs fault.
I have had coon dogs cross property lines that I havent had permission to hunt, and it isnt very uncommon for this to happen, and for that reason, I wouldnt coon hunt a week before season, until after season ended. If my dogs treed a coon where we didnt have permission, we would never shoot the coon from the tree, and we would leash the dogs up and leave that area and drive to a further away place. I know some laws state you are not suppose to take your weapon on to the land, but after accidentally leaving my unloaded gun more then once in the woods from following this, I just make sure that the gun is unloaded. It hasnt been a problem for me. Most of the lands I coon hunt on, I have made attempts to ask permission from neighbors, or at minimum, I would stop and let them know that we would be hunting coon in the area, and if our dogs ended up on their land, we wouldnt hunt, and we would just retrieve the dogs, and leave the property quick as we can. The vast majority of people tell us either to feel free and hunt their land, or they will tell us that they dont want us to hunt their land, but if the dogs is treeing, to go ahead and take the coon, but dont purposely release the dogs on their land. Only a few times in 30 years have I had land owners have any major issues. We have at times stopped hunting areas because we didnt have permission from neighbors, and we were concerned they may shoot the dogs. The thing about coon hunting is, we usually hunted late night, and the dogs are not quiet, so you dont sneak on properties, and you never know where a coon will run, and the dog is trained to follow the coon. We have had a coon swim across a biggish river, and run another mile, and it ran to someones house, and climber on top of their house, and obviously the dogs followed. We were very grateful, and very apologetic for 4 dogs barking at the side of his house for more then an hour, until we were able to get back to our vehicles, and drive around and find where they were at, and it was 2 am. It was to us at the time, an older (50-60) gentleman, and he was kind enough to walk out, tie up the dogs, and turn on his house lights, when we finally found where the dogs were, the guy was so understanding, the next day we bought him a large fruit and meat basket and droppped it off to him. He offered for us to hunt his land, but we never did go back to hunt that area.
Anyhow, I could give so many stories, but the point is, deer dont care much about dogs, as long as they arent chased by them.