Unit 109 sits in southern Huerfano and northern Las Animas County—the country east of Walsenburg and Aguilar where the Spanish Peaks foothills give way to the southern high plains. Elevations run 5,000 to 6,500 feet. The terrain is rolling sage and shortgrass prairie cut by the Apishapa River drainage, Cucharas Creek, and a number of smaller dryland creek bottoms with cottonwood and willow strips. PJ-and-juniper benches climb on the western edge. Pronghorn are the dominant species and get hunted hard on accessible private during rifle season. Mule deer hold the PJ benches, the Apishapa breaks, and the occasional cottonwood draw with reliable water. The Apishapa Canyon country in the southeast corner is genuinely scenic—deeper rim country than people expect on the plains. The unit is overwhelmingly private deeded ranchland with the usual legacy of Spanish land grant boundaries. Public ground includes the Apishapa SWA on the southeast edge, scattered state trust sections, and a Walk-In Access roster that turns over annually—Huerfano and Las Animas County WIA listings are worth pulling early. I-25 cuts the western edge through Walsenburg; US-160 runs east toward La Junta. Walsenburg has gas, food, motels, hospital; Aguilar has a gas station and a coal-country history. Cell service is reliable on I-25 and US-160, fair on the major county roads, and gone in the canyon country. Access is the limiting factor here, full stop—pronghorn rifle hunters with good landowner relationships or WIA homework do well; everyone else watches herds across barbed wire.