I have bowhunter bears in Raleigh Co. near Whitesville. There are lots of bears but from my experience not too many deer but I was hunting in the deep woods there. I have seen deer along roads in the fields. For the most part when a deer was taken by locals there are good sized deer and racks varied. I suppose because of where I was hunting the deer were oblivious to us and I suspect they didn't see human often. By the way CWD has spread from Hardy and Mineral and last year Hardy was hit with midge (EHD?) that killed many deer. Good luck.