Colorado · Deer Hunting Data

Colorado Deer Unit 56

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Colorado Game Management Unit 56.

Unit 56 stacks over 7,000 feet of vertical relief into a footprint barely 26 miles wide, rising from the arid Arkansas River valley near Salida to Sawatch peaks above 14,000 feet, including Mount Antero. For deer, that gradient is everything: animals hold in high subalpine timber early, then drop to sun-warmed, south-facing slopes above the valley as snow builds. Our pack covers Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology (sagebrush benches up through Engelmann spruce and aspen), Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access along the Chalk Creek and Mount Antero drainages, 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.
196
Total Deer Spotted
34
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Deer Unit 56 boundary map
Unit 56 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 56. 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.