Re: Rompola Buck
[Re: Ridge Runner1960]
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03/13/23 09:55 PM
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Dirk
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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
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Re: Rompola Buck
[Re: danny clifton]
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03/13/23 10:10 PM
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Dirty D
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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.
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Re: Rompola Buck
[Re: Eagleye]
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03/14/23 09:05 AM
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nt2
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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.
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Re: Rompola Buck
[Re: Eagleye]
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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
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03/14/23 10:42 AM
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Scroll down in that article and watch the interview with him.I don't think this guy needs to fake anything.Just my opinion.
the wheels of the gods turn very slowly
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Re: Rompola Buck
[Re: Eagleye]
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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: warrior]
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03/14/23 11:23 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. Pretty much people in general
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Re: Rompola Buck
[Re: Eagleye]
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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.
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Re: Rompola Buck
[Re: Eagleye]
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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]
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03/14/23 03:52 PM
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jbyrd63
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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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