They get huge in WI where I'm from also. In WI you have to bring them out whole to register them. I helped my cousin haul out a 440 lb monster out of an alder swamp. That was NOT easy.
Same in New England
Yeah, and that goes for Moose too!
My nephew shot a moose last year in an alder swamp and had to drag it out with rope and pulleys. They loaded into the truck with a winch. Crazy that you can't just quarter them and pack 'em out.