RE: Same buck? Year older...
to me, the one on the left looks like it has more mass...maybe just the pics.
really hard to tell....antlers look the same...but they could be twins or same genes...we got a set of twins running around this year that you cannot tell apart at all.
but really, dont look like he grew any?? hard to tell
5 miles is a LONG way as well...their home range is usually less than a mile from what ive read. maybe during the rut they may travel 5 miles...but i dont know about even then...