IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ
UPDATE 9/14/2026
2026-2027 Hunt Bulletin is available on home page or HERE.
Mainside hunting area closure map HERE. Do not enter the shaded UXO 021 area
UPDATE 9/9/2026
Hunting Days
Hunting on Sunday is permitted. No Hunting and GCS Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On hunt days, GCS hours of operation are 0800 to 1 hour past sunset.
Scouting
Scouting hours follow hunting hours Thursday-Monday. Scouting for game prior to its season opening and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays is limited to 0800-1600.
Mainside Archery Qualification Schedule
1200 Monday, Thursday and Saturday at archery site.
Trail Cameras
Trail cameras that lack the capability to transmit images, videos, or data remotely are authorized during the scouting period.
White-tailed Deer
Youth/Apprentice Hunt 26 – 27 Sep. Either-sex. Firearms or Archery. Blaze orange or pink required. MCINCR-MCBQ will NOT participate in extended deer seasons in Fauquier, Prince William, and Stafford Counties.
Squirrel
10 Sep – 31 Jan. Daily Limit: 6. Fox Squirrel season is closed in Stafford County
Dove
10 Sep – 24 Oct, 21 – 29 Nov, 19 Dec – 18 Jan. Daily Limit: 15 per day. The legal shooting hours are ½ hour before sunrise until sunset for the entire season.
September Canada Goose
10 Sep – 25 Sep. Daily Limit: 10 per day.
East of I-95: 10 – 18 Sep; Hunting ceases at ½ hour after sunset. 19 – 25 Sep; Hunting ceases at sunset.
West of I-95: 10 – 21 Sep; Hunting ceases at ½ hour after sunset. 24 – 25 Sep; Hunting ceases at sunset.
September Teal
19 – 27 Sep (East of I-95); 24 – 27 Sep (West of I-95) Daily Limit: 6 per day
UPDATE 7/2/2026
Until further notice, the Lunga Park boat ramp will be CLOSED to public usage due to extremely low water levels. Fishing and water recreation is only authorized with Lunga Park rental equipment. Boat ramp will reopen once water levels are back to a safe level.
UPDATE 6/11/2026
From now until December 2026, a large portion of mainside will be closed to recreation for cleanup as part of the MCBQ Munitions Response Program. This areas will be closed to all hiking, biking and fall hunting until cleanup is complete. See Munitions Response Site UXO 021 for more information.
Tuesday/Wednesday Scouting:
Scouting on Tuesday and Wednesday is permitted from 0800-1600. You cannot reserve an area to scout on Tuesday or Wednesday. Additionally, to make a reservation for Thursday, you make your reservation on Wednesday.
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Quantico DOES NOT participate in the Early Archery Season in September that Stafford and Prince William Counties have enrolled in.
Quantico DOES NOT participate in the Early Muzzleloader Season.
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Containment Area – Fauquier County and Prince William County are within VDWR’s Disease Management Area (DMA) 2. The Training Areas included are 6C, 9B, 10A, 11A, 12A, 12B, 13, 14A, 14B, 14C, 15A, 15B, 15C, 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 16F, 16G, 17A, 17B, 17C, Camp Upshur, and all Mainside Hunter Parking Areas. Any deer harvested in these areas MUST follow VDWR’s requirements on transporting deer. VDWR has authorized base hunters to transport deer to the Quantico Game Check Station for data collection purposes. Fauquier and Prince William County deer must be immediately taken to a processor within DMA 1 or DMA 2 or processed (quartered) at the Game Check Station. We have a refrigerator unit available to hang deer for up to 48 hours for you to come process your deer. The spinal column and head MUST be left at the GCS so NREA Staff can properly dispose of them. In a joint effort with the state, we have and will continue to take samples to test for CWD. Through testing, CWD has not been confirmed present on the base. Please see our Guidelines for Hunting within DMA2 document for more information.