Same buck? How much change from year to year?

I saw a nice ten pointer two seasons ago, but didnt see him this last season. Then the other day i was looking at the pics of my first season and notice a slight resemblance to te one i shot this year. I don't know much about the changes from year to year, since this my only my second year hunting. There are some obvious differences like the ten being nice and symmetrical and the buck I shot was a ten but had a kicker. also my bucks rack almost touches and the ten was well short of touching. Any way here are some pics. Just let me know what you think.

Without pics of both deer it will be hard for anyone to say.

lol.... yeah I switched to my phone so they will be up shortly.

I would say they are the same buck. The browtines and over-all shape are the same from one year to the next. If I remember your buck was very old, so the mainbeams and lack of the other G4 could be a sign of age and/or drought.

Cool, thanks for your input. I was wondering why he never came around this year.

I tried looking at shed of the same buck over the years. but couldnt find much on the internet.

I would bet that's the same buck just another year older and a pretty tuff year at that.

Same deer. The buck eating at the feeder broke off part of his right beam from what I see. That's why the beams Don't nearly touch in that picture

Same buck is my vote.

Damn, makes me wish I would of let him go one more year. We just started with some protein and water. I would of liked to have seen him in a good year.