ORIGINAL: timbercruiser
I'm not doubting that a deer can have approximate antler growth likethat, but why do you think that it is guaranteed to be the exact same buck? Bucks will range over several miles and there should be multiple bucks in that area where you have the camera.
So you are saying that you don't "know" the deer on the place where you hunt?
For those of us that have hunted the same places for several years and use game cameras, it is not rocket science to figure out "who" deer are and distinguish traits between different bucks. Yes, some bucks do just move through, but I have several hundred pictures of some bucks over 3-4 years.