BRASHER (AP) - A deer hunter was charged in the fatal shooting of a hunting companion near the Canadian border.

Donald Prashaw, 55, of Norfolk was hunting in the St. Lawrence County town of Brasher on Sunday morning when he was fatally wounded by a round fired by Eric Gibbs, 36, of South Colton, according to state police.

Gibbs was driving deer toward Prashaw at the time of the shooting.

Prashaw was pronounced dead at the scene.

Gibbs was charged with criminally negligent homicide and criminal possession of a weapon. He was being held in St. Lawrence County Jail on $25,000 cash bail.