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Richard p. Smith wrote a good article on Rompola thats worth reading and helps you understand rompolas different views.I posted once what I thought about this buck and Iam not about to go through that again.
Randy
 
definately a good read....tough to know what is true or not...easy to be skeptical!!!
 
It is a good read. It goes to tell how the author believes the buck it real and why. It tells the story of why he (Rompala) didn't get an officil B&C or P&Y score and why he gave in to signing the agreement to not publically show the deer or to get an offical score until the current world record is broken. I for one have always been a sceptic on this whole deal but this article is convincing. But it raises some different questions. We could get into the good ol' debate again but I will try to stay away from it.
 
I have not read this article yet but will soon. My only deal with this guy is not his reluctance to have the buck officially scored but he won't have an xray taken to confirm its authenticity. This one act on his part would either hush the hunting community of its rumors or make him the laughing stock and the score would never have to be public.
 
I've been waiting for this post ever since I got my D&DH mag in the mail. It is a good read and it will be interesting to see the replies on all the hunting sites. Why is it so hard for people to accept that there are hunters out there who could care less about B&C & P&Y? The guy tries to share his deer with the world and couldn't handle the subsequent rumors and the in depth look at his past that comes with shooting a potential world record. You don't have to like the guy but you do have to admit his hunting resume is unlike any other. In the end he will own one of the most awesome whitetails in the world and we will be left saying "what if?"; at least until the next world record is shot. Maggs
 
But I think if he wants to share it with the world he would automaticlly share it with the scoring system. He must have been a believer in the scoring system because he was an official scorer if I remember correctly.
We can only speculate, and I will speculate FAKE.

Pupster
 
I believe he was a measurer for one of the organizations and was dropped from the list of measurers for something he did. I will believe the guy until he is proven otherwise.
 
Pupster, I agree with you about sharing it through the scoring system. I think he intended to do that until the controversy started. Until I read the article in D&DH I wasn't sure whether it was fake or real. Now I lean towards it being real. Either way he has definitely killed some awesome deer! I think alot of people could accomplish this if they dedicated all their free time to it like he does.Something tells me it won't be long before the bar is moved a notch higher and then I'll be curious to see if he brings it back into the public eye. If not the footnote in history will be the controversy rather then the deer. Maggs
 
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Go to www.whitetail.com/rompolagate2.html and then go to the rompola gate link and you can read rompola gate 1 and rompola gate 2 and after those 2 stories you can see this guy is hiding something.
He right now could lay claim to the world record deer and lay claim to $20,000 if he gets the rack x-rayed.
I read in an earlier post maybe the guy doesn't want to share his deer with P&Y and B&C then why did he enter the other deer he killed if he didn't want to share his success. So don't officially score but at least get it x-rayed and take the $20,000 from those 2 guys.
If you do more research into this guy you will find out he is not exactly a role model for the bowhunting society so I think the less attention this mattter gets the better.
I encourage you to read those 2 articles I mentioned before.
 
I think it is a intresting looking rake that if real would be a one of a kind even if were half the size it is.
My IMHO it is a fake.He is making money by indorsing products and selling stories about it,but he wont score it and make the real money?
I dont belive anything about this deer is real except maybe the carcass it self.
 
I think it is one of the best storys I have seen in a hunting mag in a long time.

IMOP it's real. I think Mitch is just that far out there.Some big facts are he has killed 7 more book heads since then!One of them is a 4x5 that goes in the 190's and he gave the rack to the landowner because thats the deal they had!The guy just lives to hunt big bucks period. You know everyone including the MI DNR has both eyes on the guy if he was doing something wrong he would have been busted along time ago. Its up to the hunter what he does with a rack. The bottom line is no one has any evidence its a fake.Instead they bring out he lifted some food stamps 20 years ago thats. While that is nothing to be proud of it dont mean he dint kill the buck.There just trying to run the guy down because they have money to lose
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I used to think there was something fishy about the whole thing. But after reading the artical it put a different light on the subject. He may just want the whole thing to go away. We are told he's been offered 20K to have it xrayed but there is fine print to any contract so we may not have been told everything either. And as far as being accused of poaching. I bet the people accusing him of that don't have much success deer hunting. I have a friend that has shot many BIG deer. There are some that accuse him of the same thing but I know how much time and effort he put's into scouting and hunting and think it's low blow and said probably more out of jelously than anything else. So IF the Rampola buck is legit, (i think it is) it's too bad he's being raked over the coals.........
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Timberspirit,we dont have any proof of it being real either.Thats all anybody really wants to know.
I havnt read the artical yet but too me it just seems like another ploy by him to get the crown of the record whitetail without having it varified.
If he had the record deer as he first claimed and went through the motions like some one who said they had the record white tail would do well then we wouldnt be having this disscusion.
If he would have to just claimed to have killed a real nice big buck there wouldnt have ever been any contraversy.
Only Mitch knows the real story,and how easly any doubts could be cleared up.But he wont.
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I guess I will ad my two cents worth. Fake, Fake, Fake. Given all the controversy, any reliable and trustworthy person would clear the air to have the issue go away. He has nothing to loose and much to gain. He obviously is still stirring the pot if he was interviewed for the article. I have sources in Michigan (Michigan State Police) who are avid bowhunters and know the individual. Enough said!! Sometimes when people deny things long enough people start wanting to beleive them. Have never run across those types of individuals in my job!! HA!! There is no controversy here. It is not the world record typical nor will it be until he decides to make it available as all of us would have too to establish it as the world record. One simple procedure can settle this matter quickly but it will not happen because the deer is a fake and the truth will ruin him and his credibility and integrity. If you don't have those things you are not much of a man. People can be blind sided by to much information and start to beleive what they are hearing! That's why OJ spends his days playing golf instead of sitting on death row!Just my opinion!
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For some entertaining reading, check out the following links and photos...at one time I had the actual home video downloaded that Rompola took as he walks up to the downed deer in question. I'll see if I can find it and post it. The involvement of the Arkansas seed company and Rompola's reluctance to have x-rays makes this story rival the JFK conspiracy...

http://www.buckforage.com/rompola.htm

http://www.buckfax.com/images/Mitchellrompola.JPG

http://www.whitetail.com/ramp2.jpg

http://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/trophybucks/naw_aa203rumors/

http://www.freep.com/sports/outdoors/qxdeerx6.htm
 
I've followed the story since it's inception 5 years ago and have allways thought the deer was fake. But after going out today and buying the mag for the story I started to change my mind, until.......the part where it says he shot a 4x5 that nets 191 5/8 in 2001! Then to say that he had a deal with the landowner to give him the rack? Give me a break! If that's the case...and that's a BIG "If", that makes him a deer killer, not a deer hunter. Oh sure, we could say that it's the thrill of hunting mature whitetails that he enjoys most. But to hunt and kill then give away the rack of a 191 inch 4x4 that would be the largest ever taken? This to me just adds more proof that this guy strives for attention, be it good or bad, totally opposite of what the artical says of him. While I respect the other opinions about this and would love to see a new world record, I'm not holding my breath for this one. Just my 2 cents. Jay
 
gee,Shovelbuck you mean if somebody would let you hunt a world class buck, but you had to give them the rack you would turn them down?
 
If I wanted the meat I'd shoot a doe. I wouldnt want to "KILL" the largest 4x4 in the world just to be able to say I did it. If you would why not give me the antlers from your biggest buck if all you want is to say you killed it? So YES! I would turn the offer down without a doubt.
 
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