A child has been hospitalised after he was allegedly shot during a hunting trip.
The nine-year-old boy was struck in the right thigh about 7.15pm on Friday while on a trip with nine others at a property roughly 40km north of Bourke in remote NSW.
He was rushed to Bourke Hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.
The group, from Victoria, included five men aged between 37 and 63, and four boys aged between nine and 15.
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Police have seized 17 firearms from the group, including air rifles, rifles and a shotgun.
Investigations into the group’s firearm licences are ongoing.
