Colorado · Elk Hunting Data

Colorado Elk Unit 13

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Colorado Game Management Unit 13.

Colorado GMU 13 sits in the northwest corner, draped across broken country between the Yampa River corridor and the northern flanks of the Flat Tops, where rolling sage and Gambel oak brush benches climb from 6,200-foot river bottoms to 9,400-foot timbered ridges. Elk hold here because the groceries are here: mountain brush, aspen understory, and perennial creeks feeding the Williams Fork and Yampa drainages, though mid-elevation springs shrink by mid-September. Our data pack covers Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access (including the bentonite gumbo that strands trucks), plus 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.
228
Total Elk Spotted
25
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Elk Unit 13 boundary map
Unit 13 boundary within Colorado · orange area is covered by this Data Pack

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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.