In all likely hood a mother will not abandon the fawn due to the scent left on her, they go through too much to just drop it all and leave.

However, the fawn is in harms way of 'capture myopothy,' basically saying she could go into a state of shock from the expirence and have heart failure. Dont happen in whitetail very often, but again it is possible.

No sense jumpin on the guy over this, its one incident, and a damn cool expirence for his family.

The fawn probably went running in traffic and got hit by a car later anyways....kids ya know...[8D]