Guest TheDanishDanger Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Is the Rompola Buck real or fake? What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? I have never heard of it? lol.... This has been discussed here alot already. My -guess- is it is fake. I will never know for sure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? If it's not a fake, then he did what has to be the absolute worst possible job of getting his kill certified. IMO - Fake. BTW - I think that one of the most compelling reasons to think that it's a fake is because of the area it supposedly came from. That county in Michigan just doesn't produce B&C class deer. Period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missed160 Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? I can see no way that is a real buck. There is just to many things about the deer and the circumstances that don't make sense to me. I like to give people the benefit of the dought, but this one just doesn't add up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaskMan Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? I'm not sure!!! What I can say for sure is that if it is real then i truly do not understand him at all. Hunting should not be about $$ but if it is real then he walked away from a lottery ticket, would you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheDanishDanger Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? i think the deer is real . . . but I think the antlers are fabricated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? From what I have read I feel tfe buck & antlers are real. I read that part of the problem stems from legal issues in Rompolas past that he does not want dug up & dragged into public. The shame here is that these records are supposed to HONOR THE ANIMAL.........not the hunter. But it does not work that way. A world record whitetail is BIG BUSINESS for promotions and endorsements. And what should be the current world record whitetail is pushed aside. A shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkoholic Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? I think the deer/antlers are real. The hunter and the legallity of the kill is suspect, but under the circumstances we are left to our humble opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? This hasnt come up in here in a while and it makes no difference to me. Real or fake, dont know, really dont care, but the entire story and what took place does make it seem pretty suspicious to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? I read in Deer & Deer Hunting that he has & had shown video footage of the buck while alive. So this would help show that it was a real buck. But exactly where the buck was killed would be tough to prove. Especially well after the fact. Just because an area is not know for producing trophy deer does not mean it can't. Just something to think about. I do not anticipate that this wil be solved anytime soon. Just look at how long it took to get the whole story behind the hole in the horn buck. Or how long it took the previous world record typical (Jordon Buck) to be recognized. A simple x-ray would prove once & for all if the buck is truly the king of typical whitetails. Or if it is nothing but a fraud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? I dont think it matters if the deers real or not.I do think it shows the truly ugly side of killing a record whitetail though.Hunters, magazines, and people in forums like this one decided the deer was a fake before the body was even cold.Before he ever decided not to enter the deer in the books there were so many different stories flying about him that nobody will ever be able to sort the fact from fiction.You had armchair experts sitting at home declaring the deer a fake from one photogaraph of it that was released.Other guys were declaring it a fake because of the area it was shot in as if that really had anything to do with it. During all this Rompola decides not to do the normal thing and have the buck submitted for scoring.It mighta been because it was fake, but it coulda just as well because the deer hunting world had already judged him and it pissed him off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? I have no idea. After everything I have heard and read I tend to believe it is real, but until there is some solid proof we will never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? I think it is real. Mitch has the state record for archery bow kill. And he shot that buck in the 80's in an area not known to produce b and c class bucks. After seeing all the negativity that goes on everytime someone kills a record buck who can blame him for backing out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? [ QUOTE ] I dont think it matters if the deers real or not.I do think it shows the truly ugly side of killing a record whitetail though.Hunters, magazines, and people in forums like this one decided the deer was a fake before the body was even cold.Before he ever decided not to enter the deer in the books there were so many different stories flying about him that nobody will ever be able to sort the fact from fiction.You had armchair experts sitting at home declaring the deer a fake from one photogaraph of it that was released.Other guys were declaring it a fake because of the area it was shot in as if that really had anything to do with it. During all this Rompola decides not to do the normal thing and have the buck submitted for scoring.It mighta been because it was fake, but it coulda just as well because the deer hunting world had already judged him and it pissed him off. [/ QUOTE ] I'm with Horst on this one ...Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiganbowhunter_SQ2 Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? i read a magazine with an article about it..its called woods and water...in the article it says that he has had it officially scored but never entered it...and he has signed an agreement with milo hanson saying that if hansons buck were to ever be beaten then thats when rompola will enter his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I dont think it matters if the deers real or not.I do think it shows the truly ugly side of killing a record whitetail though.Hunters, magazines, and people in forums like this one decided the deer was a fake before the body was even cold.Before he ever decided not to enter the deer in the books there were so many different stories flying about him that nobody will ever be able to sort the fact from fiction.You had armchair experts sitting at home declaring the deer a fake from one photogaraph of it that was released.Other guys were declaring it a fake because of the area it was shot in as if that really had anything to do with it. During all this Rompola decides not to do the normal thing and have the buck submitted for scoring.It mighta been because it was fake, but it coulda just as well because the deer hunting world had already judged him and it pissed him off. [/ QUOTE ] I'm with Horst on this one ...Ditto [/ QUOTE ] I'll 2nd that buckee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? I can honestly say that I do not care if it was real or fake, JMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gfourhunter Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? CON ANYBODY SHOW A PIC OF THIS DEER? ITS BEEN A LONG TIME THAT I HAVE SEEN IT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? Here's some reading if you care to. http://www.freep.com/sports/outdoors/outcol13_20000113.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? I kinda got a kick outta this part [ QUOTE ] Publicity about the world record already had caused people to analyze Rompola's claims to have killed anywhere from 12 to 21 record-book deer (he entered only a dozen but says he killed nine more) over a 20-year period in a part of northern Michigan where no one else has killed more than one (and where deer that score 150 are big). [/ QUOTE ] Apparently he did kill 12 book bucks where no one else had killed any or they wouldnt have been in the books.That alone should say something about the guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? There are alot more things to worry about than a deer,lol. this guy, if the deer is fake, will have it on his conscience in God will deal with him in His time. If it is real, nice deer. For all you know, he didn't want to make a big deal of the deer due to people having their mounts stolen, I don't know and we won't know the exact answer but who cares,lol. Ok, some people do and that's alright:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThethirdI Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? I think........HMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!! I think that we all think too much! If it's not my deer then who cares. I just want the personal satisfaction if I ever get one. If I do I will claim that I was using an elk bugle and avon perfume to lure it in for the kill with my Lil brave bow. LOL!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? If you look at the picture above in buckees post....check out the head and neck on that deer......If the rack ontop of its head in that picture is fake then he must have cut off another HUGE set to put the fake ones on. To me, them antlers look like they belong ontop of that deers head. Here is a link that shows another one of Rompolas kills Rompola .....scroll down and its in the left hand column. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Re: Your Opinion: Rompola Buck- Real/Fake? [ QUOTE ] i read a magazine with an article about it..its called woods and water...in the article it says that he has had it officially scored but never entered it...and he has signed an agreement with milo hanson saying that if hansons buck were to ever be beaten then thats when rompola will enter his. [/ QUOTE ] I remember reading something about the Hanson Buck & how they were upset that the Rompola buck was being toated as the new World Record. If they did sign an agreement I am sure that some $$$$ was involved. Just another example of the big BUCKS world of whitetail hunting. A shame it is so.......but that is reality. Another person mentioned the accusations that EVERY hunter goes through after taking a a big buck. Another sad but true reality. That issue alone would keep me from entering P&Y or B&C bucks. IS it really worth the agrivation? Not to me. I do not need a certificate to let me know I have taken a trophy buck. Besides..........they are about the $$ also. You pay to enter your buck oficially. Not a lot, I think it was around $25 when I entered by PA whitetails (each in P&Y). I have no desire to officially enter more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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