Such a tragic loss at the hands of a man breaking hunting laws, he deserves life in prison . . . Husband of hunting accident victim: ‘Her life was cut way too short’
Jamie Billquist was watching TV at his home on Armenian Road in Sherman Wednesday night when he heard his dogs barking.
His wife, Rosemary, had just taken their Labs, Sugar and Stella, out for a walk in the field behind their house after getting home from work.
He went outside to see why the dogs were barking and saw an ambulance pull into his driveway.
“Jamie, we’ve got a gunshot wound,” an EMT who happened to be a friend of Billquist’s said to him as he rushed into the field.
The victim was Rosemary. He rode with her in the ambulance to UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pa., where she was pronounced dead.
A neighbor, Thomas B. Jadlowski, 34, of Cornish Street, thought he saw a deer in the field and fired his pistol, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office. Then he heard a scream, sheriff’s officials said.
Jadlowski told investigators he found Rosemary Billquist about 200 yards away. He called 911 and applied pressure to her wound.
Jamie Billquist said his 43-year-old wife had been shot in the hip roughly 100 yards from their house.
“They tried saving her,” her husband said Friday morning. “It was just too bad. … It’s horrific. It will be with me the rest of my life.”
Sheriff’s officials said Jadlowski has been cooperating with investigators but so far no charges have been filed. The investigation showed that Jadlowski reported the shooting at 5:24 p.m., which was 40 minutes after sunset. It is a violation of state hunting laws to hunt deer after sunset, sheriff’s officials said.
BTW this is the same county as the story above. I don’t know if I’m more worried about the poor eye sight in Chautauqua County or the idiots that live there that are breaking hunting laws. OMG how dumb AF do you have to be to mistake a truck for a deer? . . . Hunter charged with shooting truck he mistook for deer
A hunter in western New York shot a pick-up truck when he mistook it for a buck — just days after a man in the same region killed a woman he mistook for a deer, authorities said.
Marvin C. Miller, 26, was hunting deer on state land late Friday when he fired his 7mm high-powered scoped rifle at a brown pick-up truck, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office.
The bullet hit the truck’s front fender and shot through its engine compartment.
The truck was disabled — but neither its driver, Robert Merritt, nor the other passenger was harmed.
Miller, who is from Middlefield, Ohio, was charged with discharging a firearm across a public roadway and reckless endangerment in the second degree.
He was arraigned in Sherman Town Court and released after posting bail. Additional charges may be filed, the sheriff’s office said.
The incident happened just miles from where a hunter allegedly shot and killed Rosemary Billquist, 43, who was out walking her dogs Wednesday, after also mistaking her for the woodland creature.
No charges were filed against the hunter, Thomas Jadlowski, but the Chautauqua County DA is investigating.
New laws in Wisconsin allows children of any age to participate in hunting. I like it. As long as the government is forcing kindergartners to learn gender neutrality by way of a “gender unicorn” they should also learn to hunt, skin and eat their food . . . Kindergartener bags buck under Wisconsin’s new hunting rules
Wisconsin kindergartener is among the first youngsters to bag a buck under a new law that eliminates the state’s minimum hunting age.
Lexie Harris, 6, is no stranger to the woods. Her dad, Tyler Harris, has taken her along on his hunts since she was 3. But, it wasn’t until Gov. Scott Walker signed the new law on Nov. 12 that Lexie could legally shoot a deer.
Until then, a state resident had to be 12 years old to purchase a hunting license or hunt with a gun. Children as young as 10 could participate in the mentored hunt program. The new law lets anyone of any age participate in a mentored hunt and the mentor and student are each allowed carry their own weapon.
Harris bought his daughter a youth rifle, which is easier for her to handle and less powerful and has taken her to the shooting range to practice. He also attached a smartphone to the gun scope to make it easier to train the firearm on her target.
Personally, I would love to hunt a grizzly as I hear they make a fine meal. It’s also a known fact that grizzlies believe human flesh to be a delicacy and prefer to eat it raw whenever possible . . . NRA, Hunting Group Say Grizzly Bear Hunts Needed for Safety
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The National Rifle Association and a sport hunting group want to ensure their members can hunt grizzly bears in the three-state region around Yellowstone National Park after the animals lost U.S. protections.
Idaho, Montana and Wyoming are considering limited trophy hunts for grizzlies outside the park in future years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revoked the species’ threatened status in July.
Conservation groups have sued to restore protections, and now the NRA and Safari Club International have asked U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen to let them intervene in the case.
Several of the groups’ members said in affidavits submitted by their attorneys that hunting would help the region’s economy, allow states to better manage the animals and improve public safety.
“Having the ability to hunt grizzlies would be great for business. I would also personally hunt a grizzly if given an opportunity to do so,” said Edwin Johnson, a 70-year-old hunting outfitter who lives in Gardiner, Montana. “They need to be hunted so that they fear the scent of humans, rather than following it as they do now.”
An estimated 700 bears live in and around Yellowstone National Park. Attacks on humans have increased since the animals rebounded from widespread extermination in the last century.
At least six lawsuits to restore protections for grizzlies are pending in Montana and Illinois, although most are expected to be consolidated into a single case in coming months.
An attorney for environmentalists in one of the Montana cases said no decision has been made on whether to fight the attempt by the NRA and Safari Club to intervene.
Speaking of raw meat, do you even grind? This year, I’m gonna stop paying my taxidermist to make my sausage. For the same price, I can do it myself. This is a cyber Monday deal on Cabelas FYI . . . Cabela’s Pro Series DC Grinder
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Here is an story submission by a reader. Apparently the deer in Central Ohio are suicidal . . . Family records close encounter with deer during hunting trip
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – A Central Ohio family had an up-close encounter during their first hunting trip out in the woods in Franklin County.
Gary Simons says he was squirrel hunting with his two boys in the Little Pennsylvania Cemetery last week when a curious young buck meandered by.
Video recorded by Simons shows the deer licking the boys’ guns, Simons’ pants, and even the phone before wandering back into the woods.
Simons said “words can’t explain” how excited his boys were after the close encounter with the deer.
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What is with the stupid videos? Can’t we just get a written list and argue from there? Videos are slower than molasses in January
I’m not a parent and have had nothing to do with raising any kids. I am pro gun, pro hunting.
I think it is irresponsible to put a high power rifle in the hands of a 6 year old even with close adult supervision.
No, I don’t think the government should be involved making a regulation of the proper age. I think you as a parent should be making the decision. And if you are putting a .243 or higher powered rifle in the hands of a 6 year old, I respectfully don’t agree with your decision to do so.
I went hunting with my dad when I was about that age, but I did not carry the firearm.
Duly noted.
At least one dad out there would strongly disagree with you and has photographic proof that his six year old is up to the task.
Everyone else’s mileage will vary, of course.
You don’t have kids and you’re not a parent but you want to preach about parenting. Ugh
So you hunted at 6 but didn’t carry a rifle. I hunted at 5 with a 20 gauge and my 6 year old just took a doe with a 300 blackout. What does any of that have to do with the price of tea in China?
Good thing you’re not a parent and have nothing to do with raising any kids…in WI, hunting and living from the land is a way of life, has been since before WI became a state, ALL these youth hunts are mentored by a licensed adult hunter, and if you can’t hang with that, GTFO of the woods…
“I went hunting with my dad when I was about that age, but I did not carry the firearm.”
You weren’t “hunting”, you were a tag along…
I was hunting squirrels at 6 with a single shot shotgun.
I carried the gun and when moving the action was open.
When a new site was picked, the action was closed.
I had gone through the BB gun training starting at 5.
Had to clean my own squirrels too……with a knife.
Hi.
I don’t own a car. Never driven one. Never even been a passenger in one. But I’m here to tell you all you crazies need to SLOW DOWN!
“OMG how dumb AF do you have to be to mistake a truck for a deer?”
Well, let’s see what we gots here, now –
Someone’s wife *and* an innocent truck got shot.
Since most males focus so strongly on those two, all we need now is a story about someone mistaking a case of beer balanced on someone’s shoulder for a case of beer in New York State, and we have an offical hunting ‘hat trick’…
Next we have…
“New laws in Wisconsin allows children of any age to participate in hunting. I like it. As long as the government is forcing kindergartners to learn gender neutrality by way of a “gender unicorn” they should also learn to hunt, skin and eat their food .”
Preach it, sister Liberte!
The Leftists can’t seem to be capable of understanding that as offended as they get of us hunting game animals, we are equally or *more* incensed at *their* audacity of their concept of *cough*,’teaching’, *cough*, sexuality subjects to small children…
*mutter*
I’m 70 and shoot the same guns I shot when I was a callow youth. Methinks all this “Pistols for Seniors” and other condescending sh!t is getting out of hand.
Willie Mae Samuels is just another in a long line of grifters including Frederica Wilson and Maxine Waters.
Were old and week and ready to fall down. Lol. One of the easiest slide racks pistol I have is 54-1 Tok, about 250 rounds thru it, not week recoil spring. .I humped up a bluff today carrying an 03 and as much as I despise plastic guns my knees was wishing for a Matel shootin shell.
Few things make me sadder than seeing African Americans (read: the target of the earliest forms of gun control) employ the same empty rhetoric that was used to disarm them. It’s doubly disheartening when anti-gunners rely on case law stemming from mass execution of Freedmen in defense of their positions.
Recoil is subjective and not necessarily associated with age. I’ve always been somewhat recoil sensitive. Light weight snub revolvers in 38 have always been painful and distracting for me, and don’t even mention 357 magnum. My SP101 was a beast so I sold it. My LCP is doable, but I prefer my Keltec 32 acp or my Taurus 32 H&R magnum snub. The LCR in 327 might be a good choice, especially since it is made on the slightly heavier frame used for 357 and 9mm. However, I’ve heard (no pun intended) that 327 is very loud and I think some people, myself included, react to that as much as the recoil impulse. The only other issues I can think of are reduced visual acuity, slower reaction time, joint stiffness and reduced arm, hand and finger strength, possibly due to arthritis. Each of these should be dealt with individually in whatever way works best for the person.
Must be the new robo-deer
I have to wonder how much alcohol was involved with those “accidents”.
Not to mention at least 2 breaches of the 4 rules.
If you can’t clearly identify the game with your naked eye then use good quality binoculars.
Both NY instances involved scopes.
The form is accessible on the internet and must be that has a college transcript,
recommendations from the 3 people and a personal statement.
And then, there is a sacrifice of God’s son to the humanity with a Roman cross, the supreme expression of
God’s love beyond almost any magnitude of comprehension. (Mostly
inside the South) If these students were sent a check mark
for $5-10K, they could make two years worth of Mortgage payments; obtain a used car, or whatever.
naaga. got it. sign me up.
200 Yard pistol shot, at dusk…….
“Accident”?
Mistaking a truck for a deer… “Accident”?
Really?
So, let’s do some math:
Over 600,000 men, mostly white men, died in a war to settle a question that this woman wants to revisit, what with her step-n-fetch-for-Uncle-Sugar routine?
In the fullness of hindsight, we now see what a waste of life this was.
My copy purchased from Bud’s Gun Shop two days ago functioned perfectly out of the box through 160 rounds of CCI (Mini Mags, Velocitors and Stingers). Following Jeremy’s advice I was careful with my grip from the first round, keeping my thumbs away from the slide.
The slide, as a separate component, feels substantial compared to that of the PPQ 22LR slide, albeit the PPK/S is made of nickel plated, zinc alloy per Walther’s website. Fit, finish, function and feel, including sufficient recoil, are first rate. My copy did not come with a heavy dose of packing grease, which would have likely otherwise contributed to malfunctions.
My singular difficulty was the astoundingly heavy double action pull! Still, workable should I choose to carry. Perhaps I’ll try several Wolfe mainsprings to lighten the pull, being aware of the trade off in probable light primer strikes. This worked for my copy of the Ruger GP100, but of course that is a revolver.
So far I’m well pleased, including the Black Friday price break! With Bud’s brick and mortar shop in my hometown I have few reasons to be otherwise.
“African American” gun rights? Brothers and sisters, we are not from different species, and the very notion that one American’s rights are somehow different than any other American’s is inherently un-American, patently racist, and frankly just plain wrong minded in every way.
Inherent in the need to preface “Rights” with “African-American”, A). demonstrates that the individual believes in, and is promoting the notion of their enhanced rights (over others) as a function of race, and perceived *victimhood*, and B). Assumes that I (and others) buy in to this.
I don’t, and we don’t.
The courts desperately need some more new blood.
This is a crook of crap. The current judges know what they would have to do. Vote our way if they heard any of these cases.
Instead they want to start a civil war I feel.
We cant depend on any Liberal East or West coast District Courts to see things our way.
The current setup of Supremes over 80 year olds plus illnesses have got to go.
I don’t wish anyone to die at all. Retirement would be nice here.
Trump has got to get in the next 2.5 years or hopefully less.
1 to 3 new younger even if not Conservative judges appointed. Id settle for middle of the roaders.
Unlike the last 2 ladies who have lied before the senate committees in order to get past the senate.
Make concealed carry reciprocity a Federal carry permit available to anyone currently able to carry a concealed firearm in their home state for the nominal tax of $1.
Once it is turned into a tax, it can be attached to the House tax reform bill.
Not the best way but it gets us closer to our goal.
Kahr CW380 in Recluse holster back right pocket all day every day.
Okay. Sure. I mean, if you were to dump out both my pockets AND the contents of my backpack… Sure, you’ll see more than two knives…
That… that’s not weird…(glances around nervously)… I’m not… strange…(gently fondles the Gerber Applegate/Fairbairn Combat Folder clipped to top of pocket). 🤠