I hunted hard... daylight to dark 4 of the 6 days. Seen 8 deer for the week 6 were racked bucks... 1 button and one doe. Last year I seen a whopping 1 deer in 3 days. Deer where I hunt in Wetzel County are not abundant at all. Couple of the bucks were really nice. Not complaining because I filled both buck tags...however I used to average seeing 20 a day.... like as late as 2007. The 2 hard winters there and bad mast crops in 08 and 09 didnt do the herd any favors. Im not gonna say it was excessive hunting that done it because the area had sustained that kind of heavy harvest fort he last 20 years.

So in my area its a safe assumption that the herd is still recovering from the 2 hard winters. With the 1 doe limit I expect numbers to bounce back pretty quick. This is just my little mountain.. may be different where everyone else is.