Residents in some Huntington villages are divided over the town's deer hunting laws.

According to village laws, licensed hunters are allowed to use longbows to hunt deer on private properties in Asharoken and Eatons Neck during Suffolk's deer hunting season.

Some residents say wounded deer are running onto their property and creating safety issues.

Cindy Gavel says a hunter legally shot a deer on a nearby property but that the wounded four-point buck jumped the fence into her yard and threatened her pets before dying.

"This could have been a tragedy," she tells News 12 Long Island. "Someone could have seriously been hurt."

Residents who support the hunting season say that bow hunting is the economical solution to culling the deer herd. They are concerned that the growing deer population is ending up on local roadways and spreading Lyme disease.

The Town of Huntington says hunting season seems to be working so far, but that it is listening to residents' concerns. Huntington Public Information Officer AJ Carter says the Town Board remains open to revisiting the hunting season laws if circumstances change.