what is the latest on rompala and his deer. it's been a few years and i haven't heard anything has he killed any other big ones since or has anybody seen the rompala buck recently
kevin
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a few years back about him killing 9 P&Y deer in like 2 years. I think it was Deer & Deer Hunter, and the author claims that he held THE buck a few hours after Mitch recovered it and said that if it was a fake it was the best ever. The article talked about how he hunts these P&Y deer and gives the deer to the farmers who let him hunt on their land. It also talked about the "disagreement" he has and had with the record people and that he didn't care anything about having his name in the record books and how he has like 30 some deer of mamoth size on his walls. That was the last I heard about it. If you Googled it there may be some other info out there.
a few years back about him killing 9 P&Y deer in like 2 years. I think it was Deer & Deer Hunter, and the author claims that he held THE buck a few hours after Mitch recovered it and said that if it was a fake it was the best ever. The article talked about how he hunts these P&Y deer and gives the deer to the farmers who let him hunt on their land. It also talked about the "disagreement" he has and had with the record people and that he didn't care anything about having his name in the record books and how he has like 30 some deer of mamoth size on his walls. That was the last I heard about it. If you Googled it there may be some other info out there.
The only deer that I ever saw that looked more fake than the "world record" is the deer he had as state record before that one. I could build one out of sticks and mud that would look better than it did. He is supposed to be after another world record in Tennesse. I used to live there and there are no world records walking around any where there. I saw the trail cam pics of it on the tndeer.com forums, it isnt even close to the world record I would say its around 180" net. The only deer I saw that big is when I was guiding my cousin on a N.W.R and we had a deer drive and my dad pushed one by that I swear his antler where as big as arms, he would have went over 200 non typical, the deer was 20 yards away trotting and he missed, with a rifle I might add.
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Ears hang that low even on a dead deer untill after the ear butts are cut away from the skull! It would have looked better had he ran wires through the ear canal to "prop" the ears up a bit. Joe
Go to rompala's gate in a search there is a real good reading there on this deer and rompala.