CO Mule Deer Unit 44

CO 44 — Terrain & Hunt Character CO 44 spans 6,100–12,700 feet across 241,000 acres of high-elevation terrain, with 81% public land offering substantial access for foot hunting. The unit combines lower-country sage and canyon habitat with high-country mixed timber and alpine. Terrain is broken and varied rather than vast open parks—there is no extensive above-timberline basin, and the Holy Cross Wilderness portion does not concentrate deer as heavily as high-country reputation might suggest. Success here depends on understanding microtopography and reading rutting deer movement in fragmented country. This unit suits dedicated mule deer hunters willing to work steep,..