Sep. 22, 2013 |Written by Daily Herald Media

HAMBURG — One person is dead after a hunting accident in the western Marathon County town of Hamburg, police say.

The accident happened about 10 a.m. in a wooded area along Highway F, Marathon County Sheriff’s Lt. Fred Goch said. Detectives with the Sheriff’s Department and investigators with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are investigating.

The name, age and gender of the victim are being withheld pending notification of relatives. More information is expected to be released later today. The hunter was shot while squirrel hunting, Sheriff’s Lt. Bill Millhausen said.

The hunting accident is the second in Marathon County in a week. On Sept. 15, a 20-year-old man was hospitalized after he was shot in the chest with a .22-caliber rifle while hunting on a trail near Happy Hollow Road in Kronenwetter, police said. The hunter was mistaken for a squirrel and was shot by another hunter, police said.

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