A man is in a critical condition after he was shot during a hunting trip in the NSW Central Tablelands.
The 70-year-old man was shot on a rural property on Campbells River Road in Black Springs, about 20km south of Oberon.
Paramedics treated the man for a gunshot wound to his right shoulder. He was airlifted to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.
Police have been told that the man and his son, aged 47, were securing their guns on the back of a ute when a round discharged from the 47-year-old’s gun.
They had been hunting game on the property.
An investigation is underway.
