Shotgun deer-hunting season began Saturday. There was one casualty.
A Buffalo man was shot in his left leg by a fellow hunter in the Chautauqua County Town of Arkwright. He was taken to the Erie County Medical Center where he was treated and released. Authorities say the shooting was accidental.
The state Environmental Conservation Department says the deer herd is thinner this year because of the harsh winter. Officials handed out fewer doe permits this year. Hunters in New York took more than 240,000 deer in 2014.