Colorado · Bear Hunting Data

Colorado Bear Unit 85

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Colorado Game Management Unit 85.

Unit 85 packs more than 7,000 feet of vertical relief into a compact footprint, where the twin volcanic cones of the Spanish Peaks and their radiating Great Dikes give way to the Sangre de Cristo divide, prime country for bear working the oak. That Gambel oak and mountain mahogany foothill band, the unit's nutritional engine, concentrates animals wherever acorn mast meets reliable water, and water splits sharply: the western drainages (Cucharas River, the Purgatoire forks) run perennial while the eastern benches lean on stock tanks. Our pack covers Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, plus a one-page Essential Recon summary. Study it on our interactive map, then export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.
47
Total Bear Spotted
26
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Bear Unit 85 boundary map
Unit 85 boundary within Colorado · orange area is covered by this data pack

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How this data was collected

Data Hunt Guide aggregates publicly available sighting reports from across the web (social media, hunting forums, harvest reports, and trail-camera shares) and uses a proprietary algorithm to identify high-activity zones (hotspots) within each unit. Our team verifies coordinates manually before publication.