Colorado · Elk Hunting Data

Colorado Elk Unit 52

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Colorado Game Management Unit 52.

Unit 52 packs a full mountain range into one Delta County block: a short vertical staircase that climbs from the irrigated North Fork of the Gunnison Valley near Hotchkiss, around 5,300 feet, up through rolling sage and pinyon-juniper benches onto the timbered flank of Grand Mesa above 10,000 feet. For elk hunters that gradient is the whole game, since animals shift off the water-rich mesa top down to Gambel oak and mountain-shrub browse as frosts arrive, and the private-land checkerboard funnels public access toward the high forest. The pack breaks it all down: 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.
363
Total Elk Spotted
46
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Colorado Elk Unit 52 boundary map
Unit 52 boundary within Colorado · orange area is covered by this data pack

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The Colorado - Elk Data Pack includes detailed heat maps, GPS coordinates, and unit-by-unit hotspots for every Colorado Elk unit, including Unit 52. Study the unit on our interactive map and export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.

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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.