Butte, N.D. (AP) Authorities say the hunter who was accidentally killed in McLean County over the weekend was a 15-year-old boy.
Chief Deputy J.R. Kerzmann with the McLean County Sheriff's office says that the Minot boy died Saturday morning near Butte. Authorities have not released the boy's name.
Kerzmann tells the paper it's a "sad, bad deal.''
An autopsy will be performed in Bismarck.
North Dakota's deer gun hunting season opened Friday.