A child has been hospitalised after he was allegedly shot during a hunting trip.

The nine-year-old boy was struck in the right thigh about 7.15pm on Friday while on a trip with nine others at a property roughly 40km north of Bourke in remote NSW.

He was rushed to Bourke Hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.

The group, from Victoria, included five men aged between 37 and 63, and four boys aged between nine and 15.

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Police have seized 17 firearms from the group, including air rifles, rifles and a shotgun.

Investigations into the group’s firearm licences are ongoing.