Shooting death on Nova Scotia’s Big Tancook Island a hunting accident: RCMP
BIG TANCOOK ISLAND, N.S. — A deer hunter shot dead on a South Shore island was Nova Scotia’s first hunting-related death since 2005, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
The unidentified 52-year-old man from Halifax was killed Friday in what police now say was an accident on Big Tancook Island — a location only accessible by ferry from Chester, N.S.
RCMP Cpl. Dal Hutchinson said Monday police had ruled out foul play as part of their ongoing investigation.
“This is being considered a hunting accident, therefore we are not looking at this unfortunate incident as a homicide,” said Hutchinson.