Posted on 11/24/2017 4:59:57 PM PST by Navy Patriot
A hunter fatally shot a New York woman after sundown on Wednesday after apparently mistaking her for a deer, local officials said.
The hunter, identified as 34-year-old Thomas Jadlowski, was not charged in the shooting, though he violated state law by hunting after sunset when he killed Rosemary Billquist, 43, who was walking her dogs in a field near the Pennsylvania border around 5:30 p.m.
Jadlowski killed her with a pistol, the Chautauqua County sheriff’s office said, according to The Guardian. He apparently claimed that he thought Billquist was a deer when he fired about 200 yards away, according to the New York Post. An investigation is ongoing.
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200 yards with a pistol.
Must have been aiming for her head.
200 yard pistol shot? Nah.
Let’s not start with the Polish jokes! ;)
SOB needs to be in jail. Must have friends in high places.
Hunting deer with a pistol. Kinda unusual or no?
Did she look anything like a deer? I suspect not!
I did, this year. Couldn’t climb a tree and couldn’t shoulder a rifle due to a fractured shoulder.
Weird details here. I live near here. Hunting with a pistol? After sundown? 200 yards? Suspicious.
Legal in several states, not a lot of interest for deer, mostly boar.
I used to hunt deer with a handgun
Never tried a 200 yard shot after dark on an unconfirmed target though.
So many things wrong with this story and his.
I agree. Not likely. Any hunter shooting a pistol at 200 yards at a deer is mindnumbingly irresponsible.
Maybe have to wait for a grand jury. If he isn’t charged with negligent homocide or the equivalent, the people of that county should raise he** until he is.
Hunting and use of firearms entails responsibility.
A Thompson Center Contender or any other of a number of special purpose built hunting/silhouette pistols can easily take a deer at 200 yards. Of course, 20 yards is too far a shot if the shooter can’t positively ID the target.
Who shoots a deer with a pistol?
‘Jadlowski didn’t have permission to be hunting on the neighbor’s property.’
Manslaughter.
What kind of idiot hunts deer after dark, in violation of state law?
It’s people like this moron that give ammo to the anti-gunners and anti-hunting people.
Hopefully the civil suit will clean out his bank acct and take his house.
The challenge with a pistol hunt is the stalk, until you are close enough for a clean kill. 75 yards, MAX! A large, slow bullet with a trajectory like a rainbow.
This stinks like an Antifa protestor on a summer's day...
Must be a buddy of the police chief, the DA, or a judge. Shooting at an unknown target at 200 yards at night with a pistol?
I smell corruption.
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