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Posted: Tue 7:32 AM, Nov 20, 2012

Reporter: Associated Press

Accidental Hunting Death in Douglas County

TOWN OF SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say a man was accidentally shot and killed by his hunting partner in Douglas County.

Sheriff's officials say the shooting happened about 5 p.m. Monday in the town of Superior -- a few miles east of the Wisconsin-Minnesota border.

Deputies and fire and rescue personnel used machinery to cut brush and an all-terrain vehicle to get access to the victim in the woods.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Identities have not been released.

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