After the fall mating season, fawns are born in the spring. The department says fawn does in good habitat may breed their first autumn, giving birth to a single offspring. Adult does will have twins and occasionally triplets.

Does may return to the same place each year to give birth. When born, male fawns weigh between 4 and 14 pounds, and females 3-8 pounds. Fawns are born with their eyes open and they are able to walk within an hour
or two. Fawns will nurse two or three times a day for the first few days after birth and then return to thick cover after each meal. At about one month the fawns begin to accompany their mother when she goes to eat. The family group of mother and fawns will stay together until the following spring.

While female white tail deer will remain close to their mothers their entire life, buck fawns, in most cases, will leave their birth area in the spring and travel great distances to set up new home ranges. Bucks that don’t leave in the
spring will be forced to do so in the fall, both by their mother and other related females.

Source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources