Anyone else see this?

[BAKPAKR]

With Washington being Washington, I have always been surprised that they have allowed baiting for deer and elk anyway. I wonder if the clamor surrounding claims that this bull was baited will result in a push to end that practice?

 

[TheJason]

With Washington being Washington, I have always been surprised that they have allowed baiting for deer and elk anyway. I wonder if the clamor surrounding claims that this bull was baited will result in a push to end that practice?

CWD might.

 

[mtmuley]

I like “The H.O.A. Bull” myself

I saw on another site someone claiming the bulls name was Chico. mtmuley

 

[rogerthat]

Mitch Rompola Buck: The True Backstory on Why the Deer Was Never Entered as a World Record

The Mitch Rompola buck is one of the most controversial whitetails of all time. Here's why it was never entered in the record books.

www.outdoorlife.com

The mother of all rabbit holes right there.

 

[TheTone]

The mother of all rabbit holes right there.

I’d love to know the truth one way or the other. I know what I think

 

[Southern Elk]

When I was a kid growing up hunting whitetails I was obsessed with reading about record book bucks. I remember when the Hanson buck broke the record held by the Jordan buck. The Rompola buck always seemed fishy to me. It doesn’t look real and he went underground when Hanson threatened legal action. I consider it fake until he proves otherwise. I believe all it would take is x rays and official scoring. I guess we will never know the truth. Pictured below is the Jordan buck. One of the finest trophies of all time, in my opinion.

 

[Flatbrimmer]

Why in the world would he sign an agreement like that though? And what kind of self righteous person would draft such an agreement to keep their own name at the top of the list??? Trippy. I’d never heard of this, thanks for sharing.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Why in the world would he sign an agreement like that though?

There could be several thousand reason$.

 

[bigsky2]

The mother of all rabbit holes right there.

“The buck didn’t qualify for Pope & Young Records because he killed the whitetail with a compound bow that had greater than a 65 percent let-off at full draw and the club’s rules prohibited such entries at the time.”

Oh how things have changed

 

[jason66]

Thats crazy

 

[Southern Elk]

Why in the world would he sign an agreement like that though? And what kind of self righteous person would draft such an agreement to keep their own name at the top of the list??? Trippy. I’d never heard of this, thanks for sharing.

So many things about the story don’t make sense. It’s why so many people think it’s fake.

 

[Ought Six]

Has anyone ever seen a whitetail with antlers like that? If you imagine it as a European mount, with the skull pointed down at an angle, the antler points would literally point outwards and the beams curl down. The way the story is written, however, makes me want to believe. It’s like believing in Santa Clause though at this point.

 

[Addicting]

I would bet that the Rompola buck is real. The story makes perfect sense to me, but then I know of several animals that would very likely go in B and C that have never been officially measured. You can never say for sure until they are entered. Some people just aren't obsessed with books/fame. Quite the opposite actually. I never killed them, they were killed by relatives that have now passed, but I own them.

Out west in some of these old ranch houses are bucks of a lifetime. No one would ever know unless they were invited inside.

 

[Switchback00]

I saw on another site someone claiming the bulls name was Chico. mtmuley

Oh I’m sure the townsfolk had a name for an animal like that.

 

[cgasner1]

Oh I’m sure the townsfolk had a name for an animal like that.

I heard it was Waldo. I guess it’s kinda sad Whitefoot is wandering around asking where he is

 

[Nick87]

How would you even manipulate a buck like the rompola buck? Partially came the buck vmremove the skull plate swap and then sew it back up?

 

[kwyeewyk]

With Washington being Washington, I have always been surprised that they have allowed baiting for deer and elk anyway. I wonder if the clamor surrounding claims that this bull was baited will result in a push to end that practice?

In 1996 we outlawed baiting bears same time hound hunting ended for bear and cougar, and a few years back baiting for big game was restricted from unlimited to like a 5 gallon bucket of bait per site. Last year baiting was stopped under emergency order in the NE part of state after CWD was documented. I suspect it won't be long before baiting is outlawed completely.

 

[Addicting]

I have a warden friend who had complaints about people in a HOA feeding a bear. They wouldn’t stop and he couldn’t catch them in the act. The bear was grossly over weight.

He just put in for a bear tag and went back that fall and killed it on the adjoining state land behind their houses. He had a rug made out it that is hanging on his wall. Lol

Wonder how long the residents looked for Yogi?

I’m glad for the hunter, don’t really care how or where he killed it.

 

[TheTone]

Some of the bucks rompola claimed to have killed after the WR one look even goofier with beams going straight out the side of the head, funny looking faces, and never touching them in the pictures. Either they’re all fake or he found some of the widest bucks with odd pedicles in the country

 

[Nick87]

Some of the bucks rompola claimed to have killed after the WR one look even goofier with beams going straight out the side of the head, funny looking faces, and never touching them in the pictures. Either they’re all fake or he found some of the widest bucks with odd pedicles in the