He studied at the lower gymnasium at Cetinje, and at the Military Academy of Modena in Italy.

He is most famous for winning the Battle of Mojkovac, in which his daughter, the only female participant, Vasilija Vukotić was assigned to his headquarters to conduct correspondence.

According to information from his son, Vukasin Vukotic, after the fall of Montenegro, a treaty was signed with the Austrians and the Montenegrins went home.

He was interned - house arrest with his family - in Bjelovar because he refused to cooperate with the Austrian authorities.

In his free time there he wrote his memoirs, the text beginning with: "Today in Bjelovar..." After the war, Vukotić served as a general in the Royal Yugoslav Army until his death in 1927.