Colorado · Deer Hunting Data

Colorado Deer Unit 481

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Colorado Game Management Unit 481.

Colorado Unit 481 is a vertical, wilderness-heavy deer hunt: the Sawatch Range crest climbs from the roughly 8,000-foot Arkansas River valley near Buena Vista to fourteeners like Mount Harvard, more than 6,000 feet of relief in a short horizontal distance. Deer follow the forage up and down the mountain, holding high timber and alpine parks early, working the aspen benches between 9,000 and 11,500 feet at first frost, then dropping to sun-exposed sage flats late. Our pack covers Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology (Cottonwood Creek and the snowmelt drainages), Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access into the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, and a one-page Essential Recon summary. Study the unit on our interactive map, then export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.
203
Total Deer Spotted
30
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Deer Unit 481 boundary map
Unit 481 boundary within Colorado · orange area is covered by this data pack

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The Colorado - Deer Data Pack includes detailed heat maps, GPS coordinates, and unit-by-unit hotspots for every Colorado Deer unit, including Unit 481. Study the unit on our interactive map and export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.

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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.