Here in Jersey, we have Earn-A-Buck, meaning you have to shoot a doe before you can harvest a buck. Last year my hunting partner shot a doe that he thought was alone only to have 2 fawns come down the same path 10 minutes later. Obviously there is no way to be certain that the doe he shot was the mother of the fawns, but we were talking how old a fawn has to be to be able to survive on its own. I have heard that they can live without their mothers help while they still have spots. Is this true?