Yep, the momma does run the little boys off. I would want to shoot her too but understand your circumstances as well.

Back at the end of may I witnessed a new momma doe do that to my bassett hound after she jumped the fence into my back yard. She had a fawn that hadn't been on the ground more than a few days and like any other hound, he heads over to investigate. She wasn't having any of that and commenced to stomping the tar out of my dog. Worst howling I ever heard, bassetts aren't too fast, you know. He just couldn't get away from her. It took me a few seconds to get her distracted from the dog...then she looked at me like she wanted to give me some too. Good thing I was elevated on the back deck above her.

Put a six inch gash inmy dog's belly. Cost over $900 tosew him upat an after hours animal hospital.[:@]