Colorado · Elk Hunting Data

Colorado Elk Unit 500

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Colorado Game Management Unit 500.

Colorado Unit 500 is northwestern Colorado at its most exposed: rugged Elkhead Mountains uplift rising out of the sage flats of the Yampa and Little Snake drainages, where elk bed deep in the unit's defining Gambel oak brush by mid-morning. We map the full picture, from 6,200-foot river bottoms to roughly 10,800-foot peaks atop Black and Sand Mountain, the aspen-and-oak edge benches elk drift toward, the hidden seeps and stock tanks that hold animals in dry years, and the gumbo-clay road hazards that strand trucks. Our pack covers Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, 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 into onX or your favorite hunting map.
702
Total Elk Spotted
27
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Elk Unit 500 boundary map
Unit 500 boundary within Colorado · orange area is covered by this Data Pack

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The Colorado - Elk 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 Elk unit, including Unit 500. 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.