Colorado · Elk Hunting Data

Colorado Elk Unit 140

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Colorado Game Management Unit 140.

Unit 140 sits in far southeastern Colorado, where the Fishers Peak and Raton Mesa highlands crumble into High Plains grassland, so elk hunters work basalt-capped mesas and cut canyons that fall from a 9,600-foot rim near Trinidad down to 5,600-foot plains. Water is the defining constraint here, with the Purgatoire River, Trinidad Lake, and scattered stock tanks pulling animals in across a mostly private, checkerboarded landscape. Our pack breaks it down across Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology (including the piñon-juniper and Gambel oak browse), Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, 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.
30
Total Elk Spotted
10
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Elk Unit 140 boundary map
Unit 140 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.