Hortontoter
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He must have had a mental disability to be charged two counts of having weapons under a disability. Many disabled people own weapons legally.
Shooting in Ashtabula County?
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It's a general term that doesn't mean physical disability. Anything that prohibits ownership such as a felony, domestic violence, being declared mentally unfit, or even being intoxicated results in a charge of posesding weapons under disability.
Hortontoter
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there was a Cleveland guy killed maybe 8 years ago at Grand River public area during muzzleloader season. Strange circumstance was the authorities never found his gun but television showed authorities escorting a amish kid about 14 years old. The deceased was a frequent person on another forum. It sure seemed like the lips were sealed in the Amish Group. I simply could not understand why a hunter would not have a muzzleloader with him on a public area during the season..
Still never tried to cook a crow...his explanation was enough to cure my want to try it.
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He was a pretty active member here for a short time when we first started the forum. Unfortunately he was killed not long thereafter.
He was checking his traps on public land when he was shot by the Amish kid who was hunting alone during youth season. I don't think he even knew it was youth season as he wasn't carrying a gun and not wearing orange when he was shot. One of the reasons that to this day I post a thread reminding everyone that youth season is the next weekend.
The deceased I am mentioning was killed during muzleloader season, not during a youth season and was not trapping. He had killed a doe during gun season; Now I remember he liked to take long trips on a bicycle and he had a job with a Cleveland hospital.
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I think we're talking of the same fella but my recollection of events may be off. Hippy fella with long hair that ate a crow.
For those that were not here at the time- shadowlurker was a regular on here. He was "Inquisitive" and looked at the outdoors as an adventure. We enjoyed his threads and enjoyed him being around.......he was a smart guy, had an advanced education and many of us enjoyed what he wrote.
Here is an article on what may have occurred. We never heard the final results of the investigation.
"Man killed during the blackpowder deer season
Posted on February 2, 2012
Farmington, Ohio - A Brooklyn, Ohio, man was shot and killed on the final day of the state's muzzleloader season for deer.
Nikolas Neric, 26, died as the result of a gunshot wound to his chest and neck, according to the Trumbull County Coroner's Office.
Neric was mistaken for game when he was shot, said Ken Fitz, a law enforcement administrator for the DNR Division of Wildlife. Fitz said the victim was squirrel hunting when he was shot. The shooter, who has not been identified pending a prosecutor's review of the case, is believed to have been deer hunting when the shooting took place.
The incident occurred in the Grand River Wildlife Area, according to the Division of Wildlife.
A man who called 911 after the incident said Neric wasn't wearing hunter orange and did not have a weapon, according to a report in The Tribune Chronicle of Warren. However, the newspaper reported that a Trumbull County Sheriff's Office report indicated that Neric had a gun in his jacket.
Other hunters who were in the woods at the time of the incident were removed and interviewed by police, the newspaper reported.
The coroner's office classified the death as a homicide, according to The Tribune Chronicle.
Division of Wildlife investigator Rick Louttit said he could offer no more details until the investigation is over." Very Sad
That's awful! I was wondering why there were some posts saying RIP, I wasn't sure what happened. I remember many of his posts, the roadkill stories, the crow (as mentioned here) among others. It's a shame that he was killed, especially under those circumstances, truly a tragedy.
Thanks for sharing, I wonder if/who would have any more on the story or if the legal process is still ongoing.
This from Ohio Outdoor News, Jan. 4, page 5.
"Newton Falls--Mose D. Miller, of West Farmington, pleaded no contest in the shooting death of Nikolas Neric, 26, during the last day of muzzleloader season in 2012....
...Miller was charged with injury of persons or property....Miller was sentenced to 180 days in jail - 150 suspended. Also issued were a $500 fine, forfeiture of a muzzleloader, three years of probation, and the requirement to speak at a hunter education course. Along with the $500 fine were probation fees of $825.60 and probation special projects of $17.40. It was recommended to the Director of the ODNR the loss of hunting privileges for up to five years, though that had not been fina
at were not here at the time- shadowlurker was a regular on here. He was "Inquisitive" and looked at the outdoors as an adventure. We enjoyed his threads and enjoyed him being around.......he was a smart guy, had an advanced education and many of us enjoyed what he wrote.
Posted on February 2, 2012
Farmington, Ohio - A Brooklyn, Ohio, man was shot and killed on the final day of the state's muzzleloader season for deer.
Nikolas Neric, 26, died as the result of a gunshot wound to his chest and neck, according to the Trumbull County Coroner's Office.
Neric was mistaken for game when he was shot, said Ken Fitz, a law enforcement administrator for the DNR Division of Wildlife. Fitz said the victim was squirrel hunting when he was shot. The shooter, who has not been identified pending a prosecutor's review of the case, is believed to have been deer hunting when the shooting took place.
The incident occurred in the Grand River Wildlife Area, according to the Division of Wildlife.
A man who called 911 after the incident said Neric wasn't wearing hunter orange and did not have a weapon, according to a report in The Tribune Chronicle of Warren. However, the newspaper reported that a Trumbull County Sheriff's Office report indicated that Neric had a gun in his jacket.
Other hunters who were in the woods at the time of the incident were removed and interviewed by police, the newspaper reported.
The coroner's office classified the death as a homicide, according to The Tribune Chronicle.
Division of Wildlife investigator Rick Louttit said he could offer no more details until the investigation is over." alaskangiles, Feb 25, 2015
Update:
JEFFERSON — A man pleaded guilty Monday to killing a Florida hunter last November in Monroe Township.
Darrell A. Shepard, 41, pleaded guilty in the court of Judge Marianne Sezon to involuntary manslaughter with a firearms specification, having weapons under disability, injuring persons or property while hunting and failure to report knowledge of a death. A pre-sentence investigation report was ordered, but Shepard could face up to 14 years in prison.
Shepard's guns were forfeited to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Shepard, who appeared shackled and in a striped prison jumpsuit, occasionally dabbed his eyes with a tissue as the judge spoke. The courtroom was packed with about 25 people, some of whom also cried during the proceedings.
Shepard killed Randy Gozzard, who was hunting with a group of people who had permission to be on land on Horton Road just outside the Conneaut city limits in November 2017, according to prosecutors.
Shepard, who had an active warrant at the time of the shooting, was on the property hunting without a license, according to Prosecutor Nicholas Iarocci. Shepard had failed to appear for a pending criminal case against him in Sezon's court when the shooting occurred.
On Dec. 18, sheriff's deputies found Shepard, a convicted felon, hiding in a home on Pierpont Township and he was arrested, and guns were confiscated, Iarocci said. One of the guns seized was analyzed and it matched the shotgun shell found by ODNR at the shooting scene.
"Mr. Shepard was not permitted to be in possession of any firearms both on the date of the shooting and his arrest," Iarocci said. "After his arrest Mr. Shepard admitted to authorities that he was hunting in the same area where Mr. Gozzard had been killed, that he discovered Mr. Gozzard's body after he fired shots from a shotgun he was possessing at the time and that he failed to report the shooting death to authorities."
JEFFERSON — A man pleaded guilty Monday to killing a Florida hunter last November in Monroe Township.
Darrell A. Shepard, 41, pleaded guilty in the court of Judge Marianne Sezon to involuntary manslaughter with a firearms specification, having weapons under disability, injuring persons or property while hunting and failure to report knowledge of a death. A pre-sentence investigation report was ordered, but Shepard could face up to 14 years in prison.
Shepard's guns were forfeited to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Shepard, who appeared shackled and in a striped prison jumpsuit, occasionally dabbed his eyes with a tissue as the judge spoke. The courtroom was packed with about 25 people, some of whom also cried during the proceedings.
Shepard killed Randy Gozzard, who was hunting with a group of people who had permission to be on land on Horton Road just outside the Conneaut city limits in November 2017, according to prosecutors.
Shepard, who had an active warrant at the time of the shooting, was on the property hunting without a license, according to Prosecutor Nicholas Iarocci. Shepard had failed to appear for a pending criminal case against him in Sezon's court when the shooting occurred.
On Dec. 18, sheriff's deputies found Shepard, a convicted felon, hiding in a home on Pierpont Township and he was arrested, and guns were confiscated, Iarocci said. One of the guns seized was analyzed and it matched the shotgun shell found by ODNR at the shooting scene.
"Mr. Shepard was not permitted to be in possession of any firearms both on the date of the shooting and his arrest," Iarocci said. "After his arrest Mr. Shepard admitted to authorities that he was hunting in the same area where Mr. Gozzard had been killed, that he discovered Mr. Gozzard's body after he fired shots from a shotgun he was possessing at the time and that he failed to report the shooting death to authorities."
Big_Holla
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Hunting with a muzzle loader on this past Sunday?
SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP – A man died Sunday morning after a hunting incident, according to the Ashtabula County Coroner’s office.
Jared Windler, 41 of Saybrook Township, was killed in a hunting accident in a wooded area and was pronounced dead at 6:58 a.m. Sunday. The incident occurred near North Bend Road and west of State Route 45.
Tom Despenes, an investigator with the Ashtabula County Coroner’s office, said Windler’s friend climbed into a hunting tree stand around 6 a.m. and pulled a muzzle loader rifle up the tree on a rope.
Windler was at the base of the tree when the rifle discharged and shot him in the left of his forehead. He was killed instantly and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Despenes said the preliminary cause of death is a gunshot wound, and he believes this is an accident. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is investigating this incident further. Windler’s body was sent to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy. Despenes said the autopsy will be performed in a day or two.
SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP – A man died Sunday morning after a hunting incident, according to the Ashtabula County Coroner’s office.
Jared Windler, 41 of Saybrook Township, was killed in a hunting accident in a wooded area and was pronounced dead at 6:58 a.m. Sunday. The incident occurred near North Bend Road and west of State Route 45.
Tom Despenes, an investigator with the Ashtabula County Coroner’s office, said Windler’s friend climbed into a hunting tree stand around 6 a.m. and pulled a muzzle loader rifle up the tree on a rope.
Windler was at the base of the tree when the rifle discharged and shot him in the left of his forehead. He was killed instantly and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Despenes said the preliminary cause of death is a gunshot wound, and he believes this is an accident. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is investigating this incident further. Windler’s body was sent to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy. Despenes said the autopsy will be performed in a day or two.
