Colorado · Deer Hunting Data

Colorado Deer Unit 74

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Colorado Game Management Unit 74.

Unit 74 is a San Juan high-country deer unit that climbs from the roughly 6,500-foot Animas River valley near Durango to the jagged La Plata Mountains, where Hesperus Mountain tops out at 13,232 feet, close to 6,700 feet of vertical relief. Deer stack by elevation: aspen understory and oak brush low, spruce and fir and alpine basins up high, with water abundant enough (the Animas and La Plata rivers, perennial creeks) that animals read terrain and forage rather than scarce tanks. The pack covers Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, 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.
403
Total Deer Spotted
76
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Deer Unit 74 boundary map
Unit 74 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 74. 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.