Billy Joe Sturgill is not a turkey. Bill Sturgill mistook him for one and shot him.

[skeptik]

DUFFIELD — A Scott County man was accidentally shot by his son early Tuesday afternoon while turkey hunting in the Fairview community near Duffield.

Authorities said Billy Joe Sturgill, 69, of Fairview, was shot in the chest with a .22-caliber rifle from approximately 40 yards away by his son, Bill Sturgill, 34.

An incident report filed by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries said the victim was “mistaken for game by the shooter.”

VDGIF Lt. Rex Hill said preliminary reports indicated several factors that could have contributed to the shooting.

“It’s my understanding that they had seen evidence where turkeys had been scratching leaves, or had seen turkeys in the area,” Hill said. “They split up and went around and were going to try and move them toward each other.

“I don’t think they knew exactly where the other was going to be because I think the hillside was too steep or something changed from what they originally told each other they were going to do.”

Billy Joe Sturgill was wearing a camouflage jacket and dark pants at the time of the shooting, with no bright colors to make him stand out in the woods.

“It’s still under investigation,” Hill said. “We’ll do our investigation, and then we’ll turn our report over to the commonwealth’s attorney, and he’ll make the determination if anything needs to be done.”

Hill said investigators will return to the actual place where the shooting occurred to reconstruct the scene.

Immediately following the incident, Billy Joe Sturgill was taken out of the woods to a residence at 3115 Fairview Road, and emergency personnel were notified.

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THIS IS NOT A TURKEY


THIS IS NOT A TURKEY

not an actual picture of Sturgill

THIS IS A TURKEY

not a picture of an actual, local turkey

[backlash]

This is why I do my hunting at Safeway.