The season in the northwest district of NC runs from early Sept. to mid-Nov. AS the the season progresses, I see more buck fawns by themselves. By later in the season I do a little better job at telling them apart, although I will confess to having shot more than one due to mistaken identity. The bucks seem to be a bit stockier and tend to have a shorter snout and if you get real close you can sometimes make out the tufts of hair where the buttons are trying to poke through. Do the does actually "run them off" in the fall or are these orphans? I was just curious as to whether their being alone was also a gender clue.