Not this again! and again, and again, and again..............[:' (]

Just some facts:
Mitch is obsessed with deer and deer hunting.

Mitch spends 300+ days a year, in the woods, pursuing white-tails.

Mitch logs all of his findings of 300+ days, for the past 20-30 years, and studies them to pattern every deer in his area.

Mitch' s accomplishments, other than the Rompola buck, include a state record bow kill and other amazing MI deer.

Mitch only works at odd jobs, and his life revolves around deer.

Mitch is a jerk to many, with a general mistrust for the media and general public.

There are more facts that point to him being able to harvest a magnificant animal, and his subsequent run-ins with reporters and the media, than facts that go against it.

Also, I' ve heard from pretty reliable sources he sold the buck to a collecter for 1 million+, along with an agreement it would never be listed.

I hope he did.

An aquaintance of mine called up Richard P. Smith, an outdoor writer from my neck of the woods, that had a book from back in the late 80' s that chronicled many of MI' s biggest buck stories. There were many successful hunters in the book, and some with lots of trophy experience. The aquaintance of mine, who to this day has remained a friend of Mitch' s, asked Mr. Smith who the best hunter was in the book. Mr. Smith replied, " You' ll learn more from Mitch Rompola, than all those other the hunters combined" . The aquaintance of mine became friends with Mitch, learned from Mitch, and in the last 5 years has arrowed 5 bucks between 155 and 170.

Mr Smith' s statement was pretty accurate. But then again, if you spent 300+ days in the woods scouting each year, what could you accomplish?

Jeff...U.P. of Michigan.