BIG FLATS, WI (MetroSource-WSAU) – The woman shot in the hip by a deer hunter in Adams County is not going to push for charges.
The DNR says a hunter shot 47-year-old Billie Johnson while she was walking her dog.
Turns out, Johnson knows the hunter, says he taught her how to hunt, and says the man is an old family friend. Johnson says it was an honest mistake, and says she won’t be pressing charges.
Johnson’s daughter says her mom was walking her dog during the first weekend of hunting season, and wasn’t wearing any blaze orange. The DNR says the hunter fired at Johnson’s sound.
Johnson was one of two people wounded in hunting accidents during the first weekend of gun season. The other shot himself in the foot while in a deer stand.
