The buck stops here.

State officials are asking Long Island hunters to help slaughter deer and thin out the soaring population that is leaving a trail of wrecked cars and ruined crops while spreading tick-borne diseases.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is pushing for more locals to get deer management permits this season as deer thrive in Nassau and Suffolk counties, where the animals have no natural predators and access to an abundance of food sources. 3

“The DEC strives to manage deer populations at levels that are in balance with the available habitat and in alignment with public desires by incentivizing harvest of antlerless deer by hunters,” the state said of the new push ahead of hunting season this fall.

Applications must be filed before Oct. 1 for the

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