I was lucky enough to take a doe this past evening. She was the one of the biggest out of the 7.

She had some interesting behavior. She was extremely cautious and worked behind me and finally hit my scent trail and immediately spun around and worked back the way she came.

She grouped back up with the other deer and would stick her neck out really far either trying to smell the wind or smelling/posturing at the other deer.

She would slowly work her way in, then she would kinda chase and take a few steps towards the other deer to almost herd them around.

It reminded me of something you'd see a buck do during the pre-rut/rut.

Is this typical doe/old doe behavior? Have you ever seen one act like this?

She identifies as a buck.

Very Typical of an old doe.If they bust you once every time the come back to that stand they will look again till they find you.But you have rectified that behavior.Another will step up that learned from her.

Old does are clever girls....always on alert, If bucks were that smart you'd be hard pressed to kill them, lol

Yes, I always thought the mature does in the woods are the smartest deer.

My son once shot the biggest doe out of a family group, after wrestling with that big ol girl I told my son just shoot two smaller ones please, lol

Read an article where the writer suggested letting the old breeder does go , as they knew the area intimately and were basically the training officer of her offspring and kin...probably don't matter that much but it's a theory.....

Just under 100 years ago I watched a doe and 2 fawns walk into a well site. One fawn went running around like an idiot . #2 stood by her mother unmoving for 10 minutes before coming out. Always have wondered the sex of the fawns.

Was in the blind last night and had a doe come in about 60 yards away. I had a south wind which is perfect for this stand. I made just a slight move, and she had me. She hung around for 10 min or so. Looking around and moving back and forth wagging her tail. She didn't wind me, but she wasn't going commit. Then she just walked away.
I have a south wind today, so I'll give It another try later today. But I think my viewing widow is too big so I'm going to reduce its size before I hunt tonight.

Had one that pinned me in my tree stand … next hunt she would hang up …. Blow and run the other deer off

…. Next day I climbed where she was hanging up at

… killed her directly under me while she was looking at and blowing towards where I was before

Indeed, older does "run the show". I live in an area with a LOT of wild deer, and we have daily "visits" with a good portion of the local herd, both bucks and does. We can observe them year-round and can identify most individuals easily. There typically are small groups that hang together throughout the year but will mingle when encountering other groups. We have noticed certain does have better fawn survival than others, and their offspring tend to carry on that trait, while others appear to be poor mothers, leaving fawns for extended times in harsh weather, or "nannying" them with younger does altogether. Those Nannies are often "udderless", leaving the fawn to starve, (which we have seen many times).
The older "lead" does use not only caution but pay acute attention to their surroundings, which they know intimately. The smallest thing out of place, (in our case, a wheelbarrow that was moved, or a new bird house for example), is instantly noticed, and evaluated as "threat-no threat".
Most of our small "groups" that consist of a mature doe, last year's fawns, (now yearlings), and this year's fawns may also consist of one or two mature does that are subordinate to the lead, and maybe even this years fawns of the subordinate does.
If the lead doe is killed, regardless of cause, the rest of that group is now at a dis-advantage, as survivability to each member goes. They have counted on that doe for warning of danger, reliable food sources,
locations to survive weather elements, and myriad other learned behaviors that increase the herds chances at surviving and multiplying. They have now been denied any further opportunity to learn from that matriarch, so what they garner from that point on will be self-learned, which may or may not be beneficial.
The same goes for bucks. Those bachelor groups you see in late summer and into fall teach young bucks the same lessons, as well as sparring techniques that will be important during rut.
Harvesting the biggest doe, or the mightiest buck might be good for the EGO, but not so much for the herd.

I had a deer make me in my tree stand. And it happened more then once in that same stand. So, I got smart and put another dummy in that stand and put up a new ladder stand and killed her that same night.