There is actually a fair amount of real big ones out there I think. My theory is most folks in ND that draw don't know how to hunt elk so they get a chance to grow up. Just my thoughts. Open to being changed.
I got a male from a large pairing of labs, 85 lb male x 70lb female because I do a lot of goose hunting and I wanted a big dog to handle big geese. In retrospect, I probably didn't need that big of dog.