Kenneth James Hutchings did not return from a hunting trip with his father and a friend in March last year.
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During the course of the weekend, he was shot in the stomach and died from his wound while returning to town from a property near Condobolin.
At a sitting of the NSW Supreme Court in Dubbo yesterday, Mason John Hucker, 25, pleaded not guilty to Mr Hutchings' murder.
In his opening address, Crown Prosecutor Peter Barnett said Mr Hutchings, his father Ray Hutchings and Mr Hucker embarked on the hunting trip on March 16 last year.
"They had only one gun and were shooting from the accused's ute," he said.
"The accused was doing most of the shooting and the deceased and his father were going out and getting most of the carcasses."
Mr Barnett said on the day of the incident, the trio had set out towards Euabalong.
"They had a number of roos on the ute and the accused and the deceased consumed some marijuana then started shooting again," he said.
"At 4am the accused shot a roo about 75 yards from the ute.
"The deceased walked over to the roo while the accused reloaded the gun and aimed out the window and fired at the deceased."
According to Mr Barnett, Mr Hutchings senior asked, "what are you doing?" while the accused replied that the victim had raped his mother, his sister and his grandmother.
Mr Hutchings put his son in the front middle seat of the ute, while the accused began driving back to town.
"The accused said the radio in the ute was not working and they stopped several times on the way back to town as they were having trouble with the fuel lines," Mr Barnett said.
"A short time later Mr Ray Hutchings said his son was dead and the accused again said the deceased had raped his mother, his sister and his grandmother."
The jury of seven women and five men also heard from two police witnesses yesterday and saw the .233 calibre rifle, fitted with a scope, that was allegedly used in the incident.
A number of photos from the scene were also handed up to the jury.
Detective Senior Constable Greg Salmon, from forensic services, testified he had taken DNA swabs from the accused's hands in search of gunpowder residue.
Defence barrister Charles McNamara chose not to make an opening address.
His client appeared dressed in blue tracksuit pants, sneakers and a Hawaiian shirt, sitting with his head down for the majority of yesterday's proceedings.
The trial continues tomorrow and is expected to go for the next three to four weeks.