Suffolk extends hunting season

The gun and bow-hunting season in Suffolk County has been extended. The season will now stretch through the end of next month, and includes weekends. It's part of a state effort to reduce the deer

News 12 Staff

Dec 29, 2014, 3:39 AM

Updated 3,650 days ago

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The gun and bow-hunting season in Suffolk County has been extended.
The season will now stretch through the end of next month, and includes weekends.
It's part of a state effort to reduce the deer population on the East End. It's estimated some 30,000 deer call eastern Suffolk County home.
Some communities, including East Hampton, have gone a step further by taking other measures to reduce the deer population. East Hampton village officials have hired a nonprofit group to capture and surgically sterilize does beginning next month.