On our property we try to harvest does early so that rest of the herd can survive better during the winter. Our policy was that if they had spots, leave the mamma alone. We had someone drop a big doe a couple of years ago that had two fawns that had just lost their spots. These two young deer stayed together and they were stupid. If we did not have feeders out, I'm sure they would have starved to death that first year. These two deer would come run you down during turkey season and the next fall - they were still stupid. By stupid, I mean that they did not behave like a normal deer and they would typically go to noises instead of fleeing. They also did not grow like the other one year old deer.
If they are still traveling with their mamma, leave the mom and the spotless fawns alone. The mom will teach them about dangers and also teach them how to get natural food. The mom will typically allow a female offspring to run with her for a year or two, but she will run the buck slap off when they are 1 year old.
