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Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Ridge Runner1960] #7820065
03/13/23 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Ridge Runner1960
he had the skull plate encased with bondo in the pics I saw, and they were stained purple from magnesium permagnate to blend in the seams where antlers were joined togather, a convicted felon who wanted 15 minutes of fame.


Please post some links of his criminal past, if he has one. thanks

Last edited by Dirk; 03/13/23 09:56 PM.
Re: Rompola Buck [Re: danny clifton] #7820079
03/13/23 10:10 PM
03/13/23 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
Who cares? Its just a fence busting hay and crop eating deer. Antlers are good for flintknapping, knife handles maybe light fixtures or furniture, but their true value is in selling to Asians as "medicine". I do hear rumors though that there are people in the U.S. who worship antlers and will pay crazy amounts of money to someone who will show them a deer with large antlers so they can shoot it and also are willing to just buy the antlers outright, Usually so they can just say they shot it.


Amazing isn't it?
I heard there are guys who care more about the antlers than the meat, hard to believe I know but I can assure you its true.

Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820086
03/13/23 10:15 PM
03/13/23 10:15 PM
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I'm all about big antlers when I can find them. Seeing does on my trail cams doesn't keep me awake at night.

Google Deer & Deer Hunting along with Rompola and it will link you to some insider info on the buck in question. Almost assuredly a fraud.

Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820111
03/13/23 10:47 PM
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Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820212
03/14/23 07:48 AM
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Western Michigan
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Who cares. Sheesh


AKA: Rusty Shackleford
Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820263
03/14/23 09:05 AM
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Where is the mounted head at now?


Providing wild fur to the industry at below the cost of production for over 50 years.

Mostly carbon neutral since 1948.

Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Dirk] #7820264
03/14/23 09:05 AM
03/14/23 09:05 AM
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Great Article
Thanks


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Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820294
03/14/23 09:57 AM
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If is real and taken legally that is great If he somehow altered the antlers or is claiming it be some thing other than what it is than again it really only reflects on his ethics .In the grand scheme of life it makes no difference to the rest of the world The size of the antlers does not always reflect the degree of effort needed to take the deer . I hunt to please myself If I shot a nice buck I am thrilled If I kill a small buck I am still thrilled .A large part of why I hunt is to put meat on the table For some they are more interested in the size of the rack .They might pass on many buck and not shoot a deer for many years because it is not what they want to do Others like me would love to kill a truly large buck but generally kill the first legal buck that they have a chance at. .To each his own and it is not a competition with someone else or with the size of the deer I t is simply a choice I make that makes my happy with that decision .

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Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820301
03/14/23 10:04 AM
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most of the land around our farm is controlled by big horn hunters almost to the degree of looking down on the anyone shooting meat bucks i always though the trophy is whatever u think it is like most deer hunting shows most come across to me as just blowing their own horn i like the meat hunter show.

Re: Rompola Buck [Re: 330-Trapper] #7820336
03/14/23 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by 330-Trapper

Great Article
Thanks

Scroll down in that article and watch the interview with him.I don't think this guy needs to fake anything.Just my opinion.


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Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820344
03/14/23 10:50 AM
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He may have simply raised a middle finger to the establishment after he saw what Milo Hanson and family went through 6 years earlier- I remember reading that Hanson got to the point where he hid his deer at night because so many people were swarming his farm and was worried at one point of it being stolen.

Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820345
03/14/23 10:51 AM
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The real problem I think,is where it came from.The area where he took it is not noted for large racks,I've hunted a season a little north and hunted for years just south of his area,a buck a quarter of this size would be note worthy.Nobody ever saw this buck when alive,and this county has a pretty fair size population,its not a remote back country location.Its not an intensively farmed area that because of the feed produces large racks.Odds are against it being legit.


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Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820351
03/14/23 11:00 AM
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Legit or not, and frankly I don't care, Mr Rompala exposed the true nature of what passes for deer hunters today.


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Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820353
03/14/23 11:04 AM
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well said warroir

Re: Rompola Buck [Re: warrior] #7820362
03/14/23 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by warrior
Legit or not, and frankly I don't care, Mr Rompala exposed the true nature of what passes for deer hunters today.

Pretty much people in general


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Re: Rompola Buck [Re: nt2] #7820363
03/14/23 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by nt2
Where is the mounted head at now?

Supposedly lost in a fire.

Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820446
03/14/23 01:57 PM
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Guess I’m in the minority, my passion is turkey hunting, but let me find a buck with potential and I’ll learn everything I can about him and watch him grow until I want to take him. Here in Georgia I can shoot 2 bucks and 10 does. No such thing as a meat buck, lol. We try and let bucks reach 3.5 - 4.5 before pulling the trigger. Any 8pt or smaller at 4.5 will get a bullet because that’s all they’ll ever be. 10pts or better get to at least 5.5 and then it’s up to you. We talked a guy into passing a deer last year and I found his sheds Sunday. It scores 133” as a 4.5yr old 9pt based on a 15” spread. That deer could potentially be 150” next year and will be this young man’s biggest deer ever. The fact I know he wanted him, I won’t shoot if he comes by me, not that he’s anywhere near my area, but if he did, lol.

I can’t speak for everyone, but I will say this, after killing a big deer something changed inside me. I’m no longer about “me” a big deer. Don’t get me wrong, if I find a nice buck, I will hunt him or keep up with him. But now it’s more about helping someone else, who has put in the time, to kill a big buck. To watch the progression of just wanting to shoot anything with antlers to showing restraint and it finally come together for them is just something I can’t explain.

Now this coming season will be a doe slaughter because we didn’t kill near enough last year.

And we also manage for turkeys as well. 2500ac and we take no more than 3. Some years only 2 and only one year I can think of we took 4. We had some kids that had never killed a turkey and we had to help out. No jakes no matter how old you are. There’s plenty of gobblers to wait on and kill.

Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820494
03/14/23 03:08 PM
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2500 acres and you take 3 that is interesting never thought about that much land per taken on a tom bird guess its population related.

Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820525
03/14/23 03:49 PM
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Well didn't look to close but one MISTAKE that stands out is g-3 score . Even a dumb hick from Ky can subtract 12 3/8 from 13 3/8 and get 1 inch. His score sheet says 3/8 difference.

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Re: Rompola Buck [Re: Eagleye] #7820531
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I was just looking at a 225 gross in typical that came from Ky this year . Guy has the sheds from last year and if the deer hadn't grown a new point it would have beaten Milo buck by 3 inches.

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