Here's a picture of that buck last year facing the camera and your right, the buck this year definitely has higher beams.
This picture from last year is the best buck in our area that I know of that made it through all the seasons and I'm pretty sure he's the deer in the first photo of this thread. I didn't see a deer after the seasons that I thought would improve as much as that second photo and I watch these deer pretty much year round. I guess he could have moved in from another area. Hopefully I'll get another picture of him later on.