Woman Fatally Shot by Hunter Who Mistook Her for a Deer, Officials Say
Woman Fatally Shot by Hunter Who Mistook Her for a Deer, Officials Say
The authorities said Ms. Billquist, 43, was walking when one of her neighbors, Thomas
B. Jadlowski, believed he saw a deer in a field and fired a single-shot pistol.
Chautauqua County, where the shooting occurred, is a rural and agricultural county of about 132,000 people in the far western corner of New York
that is bordered by Pennsylvania to its south and Lake Erie to its north.
Dale Dunkelberger, a firearms instructor for the department’s hunter education program, told The Buffalo News
that hunters “have to understand there are other people using trails” and using parks “in areas where we as sportsmen hunt.”
After sunset, “you’re done,” he said.
Mr. Jadlowski heard a scream, and then ran about 200 yards to where he found Ms. Billquist
with a gunshot wound, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
First-time hunters must pass one or more courses before getting a hunting license in New York, according to state rules.
Rosemary Billquist had worked a little late on Wednesday, so by the time she returned to her home in western New York it was already getting dark.
She was pronounced dead at a hospital in Erie, Pa.
Mr. Jadlowski, 34, had fired his pistol after sunset, and it is illegal to hunt deer after the sun goes down, the statement said.
The authorities said Ms. Billquist, 43, was walking when one of her neighbors, Thomas
B. Jadlowski, believed he saw a deer in a field and fired a single-shot pistol.
Chautauqua County, where the shooting occurred, is a rural and agricultural county of about 132,000 people in the far western corner of New York
that is bordered by Pennsylvania to its south and Lake Erie to its north.
Dale Dunkelberger, a firearms instructor for the department’s hunter education program, told The Buffalo News
that hunters “have to understand there are other people using trails” and using parks “in areas where we as sportsmen hunt.”
After sunset, “you’re done,” he said.
Mr. Jadlowski heard a scream, and then ran about 200 yards to where he found Ms. Billquist
with a gunshot wound, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
First-time hunters must pass one or more courses before getting a hunting license in New York, according to state rules.
Rosemary Billquist had worked a little late on Wednesday, so by the time she returned to her home in western New York it was already getting dark.
She was pronounced dead at a hospital in Erie, Pa.
Mr. Jadlowski, 34, had fired his pistol after sunset, and it is illegal to hunt deer after the sun goes down, the statement said.
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