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Deer-hunting figures released in Suffolk
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Preliminary figures on the special state shotgun deer hunting season in January show that 147 deer were taken on state-controlled properties in Brookhaven, Riverhead and Southampton this year, compared to 131 in 2012 and 149 in 2011.
State Department of Environmental Conservation officials had thought the number might be reduced because of superstorm Sandy and the possibility that some hunters...