ORIGINAL: Dnk
ORIGINAL: atcfisherman
I hope the yearlings were old enough to make it on their own.
With global warming reducing snow depth, which is the major limiting factor in the survival of deer, the answer to your question is yes and you're question is not a nice one. Please think ahead before you try to guilt someone. The answer comes from myself, a forestry technician and a hunter of nearly thirty years.
I was always under the impression that fawns were weaned by the time hunting season came and would survive anyways. Heck around here I have seen does run there fawns off when rut comes in.