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Rompola Buck Update

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Topdog said:
Too long my battery is almost dead!
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You must be passionate about the topic. I almost had to take a nap reading it! LOL Quite the theory. I've heard similar stories about other fenced in properties. I know some of the hunters personally. some guys will do anything for a big buck. None of them were WR deer though.

The 3 guys handling the rack are what had me holding on so long. I can't hold on any longer. A People can be fooled. I'm now leaning the other way.
 
boyne bowhunter said:
FWIW the airport property in April 1998. The apartment complex to the east is just starting to be built.

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The airport wooded area at that time. The property was all dry and fairly open hardwoods with some service roads passing through.
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This is why Boyne is the most loved member. He busts out vintage aerial photos of an airport. RESPECT!
 
……………….Rompola lived right across the road from an airport, he still does……………. Rompola lives next to an airport……….


That’s funny you mention that. Several years ago during Easter break we were taxiing on the runway to head to Disney. I had a window seat and as the plane started to turn to head south I looked down at the brush and there were ten gobblers in full strut not even 50 yards from the plane I thought to myself, how do I get permission to hunt this? There was so much high stem count there it has to be a big buck Mecca as well.
 
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@Topdog this is the most plausible theory yet and it makes a ton of sense. Thank you for talking the time to share it. I think you need to change your screen name to: ” @Palumbo TD”
 
There is an airport that allows hunting here but it's like a secret kinda ...I've only met 1 person who knew about it and the procedure to sign up but it was something like u had to show up in person to a specific place on a certain day at a certain time and it was during the week while I would be at work so I never attempted. I drive by it kinda regular and see plenty of deer and the big international airport has loads of deer. I'm not sure how u would get permission there without having some sort of foot in the door
 
Weldabeast said:
There is an airport that allows hunting here but it's like a secret kinda ...I've only met 1 person who knew about it and the procedure to sign up but it was something like u had to show up in person to a specific place on a certain day at a certain time and it was during the week while I would be at work so I never attempted. I drive by it kinda regular and see plenty of deer and the big international airport has loads of deer. I'm not sure how u would get permission there without having some sort of foot in the door
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Cut a hole in the fence and tell noone? :fearscream:
 
If those funk-a$$ brow tines don’t scream “taxidermatitis” and “tomfoolidermy” I don’t know what does. Out of all the possible plausibilities, that rack, specifically the brows, just look wrong. No racks I’ve ever seen in a magazine or internet post or deer farm or “real life” have ever had such oddly positioned brow tines. Let your theories abound from there. I’ve got mine, and it’s not interesting: the best lies are rooted in truth, but something about that buck/story of harvest is fake or fiddled with, probably many somethings, and I believe the truth lies in those brow tines one way or another.
 
woodsdog2 said:
Cut a hole in the fence and tell noone? :fearscream:
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There was a thrasher magazine article when I was a kid "how to break in to a skatepark"
#1 find a weak point in the fence close to the ground
#2 throw ur board over the fence
#3 get some speed and use ur helmet and plow thru the fence

Find where the coyotes are going under and pitch ur bow. Didn't I read we supposed to be using a helmet while.climbing already? Hahahaha
 
@Topdog

Your theory is actually very believable. Just one question from the uneducated. Does enclosed fenced off area that is not managed 'naturally' produce big buck? Like, in the case of the fenced in airport wood, does not inbreeding and lack of genetic diversity produce more stunned growth? I have lived in fenced in military base housing for almost a decade in various bases, the most common issue are over population but I only see small doe and bucks. I never seen any monster around despite there is no hunting on base at all. I can see bucks living long lives, but I don't understand healthy generic growth.
 
DelaWhere_Arrow said:
If those funk-a$$ brow tines don’t scream “taxidermatitis” and “tomfoolidermy” I don’t know what does. Out of all the possible plausibilities, that rack, specifically the brows, just look wrong. No racks I’ve ever seen in a magazine or internet post or deer farm or “real life” have ever had such oddly positioned brow tines. Let your theories abound from there. I’ve got mine, and it’s not interesting: the best lies are rooted in truth, but something about that buck/story of harvest is fake or fiddled with, probably many somethings, and I believe the truth lies in those brow tines one way or another.
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I'll give you some of that because if you look at his buck, the first one all of this fuss is about, the absolute symmetry of the rack is near perfect for a typical frame, no deductions...... a scorer's dream buck. That's what looks fishy to me. I mean I've never seen anything so symmetrical. But then I would think that is way too obvious if it is a fake rack.
 
@Topdog - I like your airport theory. That isn't something I've heard before.

Look at these other pictures of bucks Rompola killed. To me they are all odd. Just the way they are positioned - the fact that you never see an entry/exit wound, how perfectly symmetrical they are, and how some of the ears really droop back - just odd to me.

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No entry or exit wound and it looks to be perfectly symmetrical
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This one is very odd looking with a very round head and small neck. Also, the base on the right side of the photo appears to be located further forward on the head than the base on the left side.

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Look at the ear droop on this buck - it is worse than the supposed world record! Almost perfectly symmetrical and no entry/exit wound showing. Very Odd.
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Another buck with near perfect symmetry and no exit/entrance wound showing.

Maybe I'm a conspiracy theorist but these are all odd to me.
 
HaunSolo said:
@Topdog - I like your airport theory. That isn't something I've heard before.

Look at these other pictures of bucks Rompola killed. To me they are all odd. Just the way they are positioned - the fact that you never see an entry/exit wound, how perfectly symmetrical they are, and how some of the ears really droop back - just odd to me.

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No entry or exit wound and it looks to be perfectly symmetrical
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This one is very odd looking with a very round head and small neck. Also, the base on the right side of the photo appears to be located further forward on the head than the base on the left side.

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Look at the ear droop on this buck - it is worse than the supposed world record! Almost perfectly symmetrical and no entry/exit wound showing. Very Odd.
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Another buck with near perfect symmetry and no exit/entrance wound showing.

Maybe I'm a conspiracy theorist but these are all odd to me.
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Dang it, you dragged me down the rabbit hole. THAT ISSSSSSSSSS strange that you dont see any blood in any of the pictures....whoa.
 
Still haven't seen it mentioned just how good a hunter Mitch is. He spent an extraordinary amount of time scouting. He used a rubber suit so as to leave no trace. Held the MI bow/ whitetail record here for a number of years, as I recall. Strange man to be sure. But he knew how to " hunt em up".
 
I have Dan Bertalan's book entitled "Bowhunting's Whitetail Masters." and there is a whole chapter on Rompola. He actually wore a Nomex Flight Suit. Shot full length 32" Aluminum Arrows at the time. he didn't cut down his arrows for whatever reason.
 
what part of this deer do you think is unreal?
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