Cyclic rivers I'm only going to address Dales operation since that's the one I've talked about. For starters he's 14,000 sq miles. Many bears have see no one and actually come up to the quads as you bait stands to steal more bait. These are small.
Sales operation allows lots of stands and many are like 10 yards. The furthest one I ever sat in was maybe 15.
You'll see multiple bears a day and it seems the bigger ones come in later. The bigger, more dominant ones chase the smaller ones up trees. Lots of aggression so it's pretty fun.
The Bears seem to walk in too.
I recommend all look at bears a few days before they even shoot. This way a small one isn't taken. No barrels were used, they were all ridge poles.
Big meaning altering mannikins up, 11-3/4" between ears, 8' truck bed and the feet were propped up to fit inside.
Big bears, no question.
Guess size is relative. I prepped my brother on big bears a bit. They saw one going in on a bait. The guide told him to shoot it. He passed remembering my words. The guide told him if the bear came back to "shoot it, it's a jumbo eh".
He did, thing was huge. Can't believe he initially passed it.
Bears are though, notoriously hard to judge.