If the fawns have spots, i will let the mother live, but no spots, she is going to find the tip of my arrow quickly. I think fawns with spots could live without their mothers, but i just feel bad. Like it was mentioned earlier, a mother will push the button bucks out of the area, so its possible that if she is taken out, the button will stay in the area, but then again, who knows. Early season im more incline to take a doe out than later in the season, cause the doe could possibly bring a buck in, even after the rut. Like we all know, males do stupid things when the urge for a female hits.