Hunters in New York State took slightly fewer white-tailed deer in the 2014 seasons than the year before, state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced.

There were 238,672 deer taken in 2014 compared with 243,567 in 2013 state wide, DEC said.

The estimated 2014-15 deer take included 130,068 antlerless deer (adult females and fawns) and 108,604 adult bucks (1.5 years or older). Statewide, this represents a very stable antlerless harvest (up by 1 percent) and only a minor decrease in buck harvest, down 5 percent from 2013 and 2 percent from the recent five-year average.

Regionally, hunters in the Northern Zone took 29,075 deer, including 16,727 adult bucks.

“Regulated deer reduces the negative impacts of deer on forests, communities and crop producers while also providing over 10 million pounds of high quality local protein annually,” said DEC Commissioner Joe Martens.

County and town breakouts for 2014 were not yet available from the DEC.