I have seen just the opposite, the youngest deer appear first, followed by the doe that I assuming owns the fawn, then her sisters and then the parent of the two sisters with small bucks - I think the matriach is either A- by herselfor B. Is typically the last doe I see before I start seeing bucks - this has happened several times on the farmland of estern NC - A she is still Much larger than the others in the group- with a darker coat as well - typically younger deer sport a reddish brown coat - the old nannies have a greyish brown apperance