as long as it doesnt have spots and doesnt look to dependant on her...they have to learn to live alone sooner or later....call me cruel or whatever but they been with her for atleast about 6 months..they are ready by then...most does i seen are in herds of mature does by december anyway...the earliest i can take a doe is late october....ive never actually seen a doe with yearlings that were small while hunting them...but im not out early either.....