White-tail-deer

I'm very familiar with the snort that a deer will use when they get a good whiff of you or bust you. This sound was made by a large buck that had a few doe with him. He made the snort wheez sound twice over a 15-20 minute period. Then all of a sudden he took off after another buck and I never saw him again. I got to see his antlers from the side, he had very long g-2 & g-3's but I never got a look at the width, I was hunting very heavy cover. I was just wondering if only dominant buck make this noise or if younger deer will do it also??