I have to agree with you on most everything you have said schobs, My personal opinion on the no fawns is this, There are SO many bears in the area where I hunt it's ridiculous, in a 1 week time period I saw 17 bears while driving from my land to home and back. I think that the bears are really putting a hurting on the fawns, Lots of coyotes in my area and bobcat as well.. The WI DNR put out some numbers a few years back and in them numbers they state that bobcat alone kill 2000 deer a year. Now with that being said, the bear are really putting on the feed bag come may and june, thats the fawn dropping period.. That's just my thoughts.. I do think that the does drying up and not producing milk will bring them in early. Thanks for posting, great to hear your thoughts on it.