INCREASE IN DEER AND BEARS TAKEN IN 2007
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The Department of Environmental Conservation reports that there was an increase in the number of deer taken by hunters last year. The DEC says approximately 220,000 deer were shot in the 2007 season, up 16 percent from the previous year. And the most deer were taken in Steuben County, where hunters tagged 12,796 deer, some 2500 more than in 2006. Allegany County was next, with 10,229 deer taken.

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