Here's a copy of a response I got back from my NCWRC Wildlife Biologist.....addressing this very issue. I hope it helps ease your minds about taking fawns and does with fawns.
Understand, also, that our season opens on Sept 13.....and opened almost a week earlier, last year (when the question was presented to him).
Mr. Venable,
Fawns here in North Carolina are generally born in May and June, and they are no longer dependent on nursing with the doe when they are about 10 weeks old. Though they may continue supplemental nursing into the early bow season, they are fully capable of surviving on their own if the doe is harvested. The moral dilemma is more an issue of perception or misconception, rather than biology. There is no biological problem with harvesting does, even if they have fawns present, during the early bow season. The fawns will survive. I hope that helps. If you would like to discuss further, please don’t hesitate to give me a call at the number below.
Thanks,
Chris