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Hunting-related death under investigation

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SPENCER, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say the shooting death of a man near Spencer in central Wisconsin is being investigated as a hunting-related incident.
 
The Marathon County Sheriff's Office says authorities were called to a wooded area northeast of Spencer around 9:15 p.m. Sunday.
 
Officials have provided few details so far and haven't said if they consider the shooting suspicious.
 
The name of the 50-year-old man has not been released.
 
Marathon County sheriff's deputies and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are investigating.