Colorado · Deer Hunting Data

Colorado Deer Unit 78

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Colorado Game Management Unit 78.

GMU 78 drops Colorado deer hunters into the heart of the San Juan Mountains, where valley floors near 7,800 feet climb past 13,000 feet along the Continental Divide, a brutal vertical filter that thins the crowds fast. We map the bio-zones that matter, from the Gambel oak and ponderosa benches up through aspen pockets to the Engelmann spruce and willow-choked drainages, plus the perennial creeks and cirque lakes deer lean on once late-summer tributaries thin. 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.
223
Total Deer Spotted
43
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Deer Unit 78 boundary map
Unit 78 boundary within Colorado · orange area is covered by this Data Pack

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The Colorado - Deer Data Pack gives you a full year of access to the heat map that shows where the animals actually are: detailed hot zones, GPS coordinates, and unit-by-unit hotspots for every Colorado Deer unit, including Unit 78. Study the unit on the heat map and export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting app.

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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.