Police are investigating after a 71-year-old man died in a suspected hunting accident near Cassilis on Wednesday morning.
Emergency services were called to a property on Rotherwood Road around 8:50am, following reports a man had sustained a gunshot wound.
Officers from Hunter Valley Police District were told the man was hunting on the property at the time of the incident.
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NSW Ambulance paramedics attended but were unable to revive him.
A crime scene has been established, and Hunter Valley detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
