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12.03.2024 News

Area vehicle deer strikes spike as days shorten

It’s that time of year again — high season for deer-car collisions. This fall, Southold Highway Dept. workers are picking up an average of one dead deer a day, “and...

11.30.2023 News

Time to slow down: deer strikes are up in Suffolk County

It’s a scenario familiar to all North Fork drivers, whether from personal experience, a near miss or just a healthy caution: that startling moment when a deer bolts out...

04.21.2023 Editorials

Editorial: Senate Bill 4804 would help control local deer herd

Estimates vary of the numbers of white-tailed deer in Riverhead and Southold towns, but a good guess from people who study the issue is approximately 7,000. Perhaps 3,000 of...

12.18.2022 Editorials

Editorial: Size of the deer herd on North Fork is at crisis level

By some estimates, the white-tailed deer herd in Southold alone is between 5,000 and 7,000. Riverhead’s herd is probably in the same range. Recreational hunters, and those hunting with...

09.15.2022 News

Town sets bow hunting lottery for Sept. 19

Riverhead Town’s wildlife management advisory committee will conduct an in-person lottery to establish a list of qualified hunters for bow hunting on town property at Enterprise Park at Calverton....

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Area vehicle deer strikes spike as days shorten

Time to slow down: deer strikes are up in Suffolk County

Editorial: Senate Bill 4804 would help control local deer herd

Editorial: Size of the deer herd on North Fork is at crisis level

Town sets bow hunting lottery for Sept. 19