a lot of back yard feeders sin the pocono's LOL
MOST of the BIG bears in the pocono's tend to be much older males
where in farm land you can get younger males just as heavy
that's why I said, a bear where it lives has a lot to do with HOW fast it can bulk up or not
but big bears are all over PA!

I hunted about the Promise land , PA< area for many many yrs,(80's and 90's) with a great group of guys, we averaged 4-5 bears a yr up there, out of our group,, they have some wild swamps up that way, its mostly all doing drives how ever to get them moving!

Also hunted a bunch on Sullivan co,
know a nice group of guy in Lycoming CO. they ran a local bar there, that did very well yr after yr on getting a bunch of bears every yr!

they also were big drivers of bears, to get as many as they did yr after yr

lots of bears honestly all over PA anymore, a very successful animal in the state, and the state did some awesome studies, they gave Gary Alt, a lot of wiggle room to get all the info he did over his yrs with the game dept
and he's a heck of a great guy to boot!