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Rompola Buck Update

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HuumanCreed said:
Ok, I'm a little confused. While it would be intriguing to find out if it was real or not. Why has this story live in infamy? Its not like its the Shroud of Turin.

Some accounts has Mr.Rompola having a bad history with some of the organization that keep records. If I was him, I would of loved to shove the rack down their throats. If he never planned to submitted it, why ask 3 different scorers look at it at same time.

But again, it is suspicious when there are more details does not validate his buck but create more question. A tangle web etc.
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If you like hunting you'll like the story. Look up stuff about it, its fascinating. It basically IS the Shroud of Turin...of hunting. Lots of people arguing if its real or not. and the buck (if real) was the "king of kings". pick a side. ;)
 
PEEJAY said:
If you like hunting you'll like the story. Look up stuff about it, its fascinating. It basically IS the Shroud of Turin...of hunting. Lots of people arguing if its real or not. and the buck (if real) was the "king of kings". pick a side. ;)
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I agree with this completely. And I'll add, its not like Mr. Rompola was a "One hit wonder" hunter. He had a long and successful hunting carreer on really great bucks. One of his firsts, if not his very first was like a MO record buck. He "gave back" so to speak to hunting by becoming a scorer and even serving as its chair...... I don't think those are glory jobs in any way, shape or form and is mostly like anything else voluntary...... a few dedicated individuals carry most of the load...... they're the ones outside of the wagon everyone else is riding in.... doing the pushing and pulling through the mud. Finally, I've alwasy respected MIke Avery Outdoors out of MI and I certainly have a couple of Richard P. Smith's books and respect him as an outdoor writer and hunter as well. To me, this is more than just antlers and glory. Its about giving your all in the woods, giving your all in your past time and then people still not recognizing any of that for whatever reason....... I think on some level we can both easily identify with the judges and those being judged. This is a lesson for all of mankind in many, many more ways than many of us realize..... including myself.
 
Ive seen weird genetic stuff happen in places you wouldnt expect it to. I think the MR buck is real.

No one in my family is packin heat but my brother ended up with a real hawg leg. He doesnt want it in the record books either.:sunglasses:
 
Is it known if mr. Rompola continued hunting after
The incident with the buck?
 
What about the house fire that destroyed the mount. Is that something that has some documentation to it?
 
GCTerpfan said:
if the buck is ever proven legit I hope MR still says “screw you” to the hunting world and refuses to submit it to the record books.
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The only reason it isn't in the record books already... is because it is not legit, not because of ole noble Mitch bucking (pun intended) the system
 
2Sloe said:
Hot off the press. The latest chapter in the saga, with the author defending the buck as real.
SPOILER ALERT: You may want to read the article before you read…or don’t read my comments

IMO some of his arguments are kind of weak. Such as citing a 174 6/8 buck killed in the county as proof that a 216+” buck could exist in that county. IMO, there’s a geometric difference between a 174 and a 216. Pointing to the fact that Mitch had not entered several other record bucks as a reason for the non-entry. I would offer that none of those bucks were the absolute new world record either. Again, a significant difference. Citing the agreement with the Hanson legal team as proof that they believed that the buck was real, when my understanding is that it was specifically to stop the buck from being alluded to as the new world record without proof that it actually was. Whichever side of issue you come down on it is an interesting saga to follow.

www.outdoorlife.com

Mitch Rompola Buck: The True Backstory on Why the Deer Was Never Entered as a World Record

The Mitch Rompola buck is one of the most controversial whitetails of all time. Here's why it was never entered in the record books.
www.outdoorlife.com www.outdoorlife.com
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So an unconfirmed score sheet surfaces on the Facebook page of the Mitch Rompola Fan Club and it's most likely NOT the original sheet. If that ain't sceptical then I don't know what is. How much more do you guys need? It's fake. Do the math. The odds of killing a state record are really, really small. Like extremely small. Winning the lottery small. But possible. Killing 2? Even smaller. But there have been cases of people winning the Lottery twice so it's believable. Killing 2 and the world record? Not possible. Let's not forget that he says they were killed in an area that 170-180" bucks are extremely rare let alone a 218" buck. The math doesn't lie fella's. Glory seeking hunter's do it all the time.
 
1simplemann said:
So an unconfirmed score sheet surfaces on the Facebook page of the Mitch Rompola Fan Club and it's most likely NOT the original sheet. If that ain't sceptical then I don't know what is. How much more do you guys need? It's fake. Do the math. The odds of killing a state record are really, really small. Like extremely small. Winning the lottery small. But possible. Killing 2? Even smaller. But there have been cases of people winning the Lottery twice so it's believable. Killing 2 and the world record? Not possible. Let's not forget that he says they were killed in an area that 170-180" bucks are extremely rare let alone a 218" buck. The math doesn't lie fella's. Glory seeking hunter's do it all the time.
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He had a state record at age 13. Legit or taxidermied, lol?

If we are odds persons, lets start there. How many state records have been taken by hunters under, say, 15, during non-special hunting seasons?
 
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Plebe said:
He had a state record at age 13. Legit or taxidermied, lol?

If we are odds persons, lets start there. How many state records have been taken by hunters under, say, 15, during non-special hunting seasons?
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I can't remember all the details but I think there was an article in D & DH magazine. MR publically claimed to have arrowed the Missouri state record when he was 13. A big Non Typical over 200". He claimed he killed it w/ a Little shaver BH. I forget what year. He told this same story to Gene Wensel at a seminar they both were at before MR claimed to have killed the WR. However, according to GW, MR's story was fishy to him then. GW remembered the Little Shaver BH and that it wasn't made until the year AFTER MR claimed to have killed the Missouri State Record.. The reason that part of the story sticks in my head is because I've actually seen the Little Shaver. My mentor still had some in his archery box and showed me some back in early 90's. That BH was the 1st replaceable blade BH on the market. It used Schick replaceable blades. He said they were junk and that he lost some deer with them. He went back to his Zwicki's. Anyway, I met GW in 1999 at the local bow shop where I worked part time. MR's buck was a really hot topic then. GW said he was just like the rest of us in that he wasn't sure or not if the buck was real or not. He did say that he had the opportunity to meet MR once and relayed to us the conversation He had w/ MR then. Back then I just took it as maybe either GW of MR got his years wrong. In my mind the deer was real and I wanted so bad to believe it was legit. The funny thing is that is no mention of MR in the Missouri State record book for any year, typical or NT. Also from what I remember of the story, The mount was supposedly destroyed. Sound familiar? Also there are no pics of it either. What a coincidence!
 
1simplemann said:
I can't remember all the details but I think there was an article in D & DH magazine. MR publically claimed to have arrowed the Missouri state record when he was 13. A big Non Typical over 200". He claimed he killed it w/ a Little shaver BH. I forget what year. He told this same story to Gene Wensel at a seminar they both were at before MR claimed to have killed the WR. However, according to GW, MR's story was fishy to him then. GW remembered the Little Shaver BH and that it wasn't made until the year AFTER MR claimed to have killed the Missouri State Record.. The reason that part of the story sticks in my head is because I've actually seen the Little Shaver. My mentor still had some in his archery box and showed me some back in early 90's. That BH was the 1st replaceable blade BH on the market. It used Schick replaceable blades. He said they were junk and that he lost some deer with them. He went back to his Zwicki's. Anyway, I met GW in 1999 at the local bow shop where I worked part time. MR's buck was a really hot topic then. GW said he was just like the rest of us in that he wasn't sure or not if the buck was real or not. He did say that he had the opportunity to meet MR once and relayed to us the conversation He had w/ MR then. Back then I just took it as maybe either GW of MR got his years wrong. In my mind the deer was real and I wanted so bad to believe it was legit. The funny thing is that is no mention of MR in the Missouri State record book for any year, typical or NT. Also from what I remember of the story, The mount was supposedly destroyed. Sound familiar? Also there are no pics of it either. What a coincidence!
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:rolleyes:
 
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