In my opinion, it is a real, unaltered buck. All of the arguments I've heard about "how the buck doesn't look right" simply don't hold water.

I'm glad you posted on this. What about the argument on the distance between the burrs and size of the skull? From what I've read, he would've had the largest skull of any whitetail ever killed. I would think he would have to with the size of his rack.

I would give anything just to go in the woods with him one time. The learning experience would be amazing.

Mitch has been accused of some things he didn't do.

people being jealous is all it is.great buck

YEP people being jealous is all it is he has a problemed history with BC and PY = controversy, accusations .

I just spent about 45 minutes reading several different articles on the man and the buck. Pretty interesting reading no matter how you stand on it.

But from all the stories that I read, It appears that there are some irrefutable facts to the story that the man obviously just refuses to address. In fact, he basically refuses to address anything at all about the story, which in itself looks needlessly suspicious.......whether he's a Professed loner or not.

He talks about how all this negative press has affected his relationship with friends, his sons, and the public's view of him, but refuses to do the one simple thing that would vindicate it all and set everything right with everyone....including his family. Just let em check out his deer

I don't have a clue whether it's real or not....but I sure wouldn't want to bet my life on it. There's certainly enough evidence...or I should say lack of it, to throw suspician on this story from anyone who reads it from all sides.

Some on here have mentioned about all the rumors that swirl when someone kills a big buck. That's true, but this mistery isn't about where or how it was killed, or if it was farm raised...it's about whether the real deer even ever existed....that's a whole different ballgame.

He should just show the dang Deer, or reap the public opinion that he is only helping to create. JMO

I just spent about 45 minutes reading several different articles on the man and the buck. Pretty interesting reading no matter how you stand on it.

But from all the stories that I read, It appears that there are some irrefutable facts to the story that the man obviously just refuses to address. In fact, he basically refuses to address anything at all about the story, which in itself looks needlessly suspicious.......whether he's a Professed loner or not.

He talks about how all this negative press has affected his relationship with friends, his sons, and the public's view of him, but refuses to do the one simple thing that would vindicate it all and set everything right with everyone....including his family. Just let em check out his deer

I don't have a clue whether it's real or not....but I sure wouldn't want to bet my life on it. There's certainly enough evidence...or I should say lack of it, to throw suspician on this story from anyone who reads it from all sides.

Some on here have mentioned about all the rumors that swirl when someone kills a big buck. That's true, but this mistery isn't about where or how it was killed, or if it was farm raised...it's about whether the real deer even ever existed....that's a whole different ballgame.

He should just show the dang Deer, or reap the public opinion that he is only helping to create. JMO

I am not jealous and wish he would have the record being from Michigan but like I said things just don't add up. Bowriter I am just stating my opinion and am not trying to prove you wrong or anything like that....just stating my opinion.

Here is my main reason....Traverse City area is not a big buck area. Yes a few nice ones have been killed there but nothing like he has killed. And he has like 4-5 monsters with similar looking genetics. Farm raised or pen raised sure fits the bill here.

Just my opinion again....I wish he would prove me wrong and settle I would be very happy for him.

You guys look for yourselves about Michigan and where the big bucks are.

Long arrows????

There were no pictures. The camera was empty. He just got some bad advice.

as a taxidermist, I don't have any argument as to whether or not the antlers are real or not, the only question I have is: Why do most of his pictures show flop eared deer that look as if the hides have been Y split (as if to start caping)....I have caped probably over 1000 whitetails, and the only way to make ears look like that is split them from the skull...His giant looks like that, and several of the deer in his personal pics look like that... A dead deers ear sticks straight out, not hanging down, every single one... so why does one man have so many dead Flop-Eared deer???

Ill look for the pictures to scan and post on here, I killed a buck back in 93' and his horns looked like they grew from the sides of his head. And he too had very droopy ears. Trust me he was an un altered 110 inch 10 point!

-John

Ill look for the pictures to scan and post on here, I killed a buck back in 93' and his horns looked like they grew from the sides of his head. And he too had very droopy ears. Trust me he was an un altered 110 inch 10 point!

-John

Pretty normal actually for the ears to droop. This very argument was brought up years ago on the subject and was quickly disproved, with piles of pics of dead bucks with the exact same droopy/flop ears, pretty common!

Errr its page 31 of the kill pics forum

This is definitely BS, if you look you can find many many pics of big bucks killed with the ears flopped down, this wont hold water.

I got lucky on a Canada trip and took this 178 gross whitetail despite high winds and 60 degree temps. I would have let him walk because I couldn't see any width but my guide watching through a spotting scope called the shot. This deer was a pig. The body size made the antlers look small. He had broken his skull and had started a new main beam on his right side. Thank you Kevin for a great hunt.

Post me a pic of a dead deer with ears just like Rompola's, straight down....

Neutral- I won't post it due to copyright laws, but on another site is a live deer with two ears like that.

Just what is it you are implying?

I don't care one way or the other,... but the pic I seen of the rampola buck the ears are droppy, as many pics I have seen of dead deer are, but in no way are they pointing straight down to the ground. maybe you can post the pic you are refering to..it may be a differant one than the one I am refering to....

Our very own 300 killed a great buck a few days ago. Check out his ears in this post.

http://www.tndeer.com/tndeertalk/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1703640&page=0#Post1703640

See if this qualifies:

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?p=447378

LOL, Neutra do your homework, this droopy ear argument was brought up years ago by Hanback, and was quickly dismissed when a writer spent about an hour going through his old photos, and posted about 20 kill pics of bucks with ears just like this one.
There are many ?'s and mysteries surrounding this deer and Mitch, but come on, if the ears are all you have to discredit him you may as well carve his name on the record book wall. lol