Colorado · Deer Hunting Data

Colorado Deer Unit 85

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

Colorado's GMU 85 fools you from the county road: it reads as flat shortgrass prairie, but the real deer country hides in the rimrocked canyon systems that drop hundreds of feet toward the Purgatoire River, the only truly perennial water in the unit. We map the elevation story, from 4,200 ft cottonwood bottoms through pinyon-juniper benches to 6,400 ft mesa tops, plus the windmill and stock-tank water that dictates where bucks bed. The pack includes 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.
229
Total Deer Spotted
48
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Deer Unit 85 boundary map
Unit 85 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 85. 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.