Important Information, Please Read Below

UPDATE 21 SEPT 2024

Attention Quantico Recreationists:

Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Division is still actively working to establish a new contract for online management of dispersed outdoor recreational activities. Please see new instructions below for fishermen/women and mountain bikers. These instructions are to be followed starting 9/22/2024.

Fishermen/ Fisherwomen:

All fishermen and fisherwomen will need to obtain their plastic NREA card from the game check station.  When receiving this card, each individual will be issued a permit number. 

• Checking in:
  • To check into a fishing location an email must be sent to quan_sac@usmc.mil
    • The title of the email will be the location you are checking into.
    • The email body will contain: name, permit number, activity, contact phone number, and vehicle information.
    • Example:
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• Checking out:
  • To check out of a fishing location an email must be sent to quan_sac@usmc.mil
    • The title of the email will be the location you are checking out of.
    • The email body will contain: name, permit number, number of hours of activity, and fish caught.
    • Example:
    • 

• Additional information
  • Fishermen/ Fisherwomen must check in and out of every fishing location fished at
  • All new and renewal MCB Quantico licenses will be issued at no cost until a new online license sales service is restored.
• Range 6 pond
  • Range 6 pond is closed on Sundays.
  • Fishermen/ Fisherwomen wanting to fish at range 6 pond must check in at the game check station before fishing.
  • Fishermen/ Fisherwomen will need to check out when done fishing at game check station.
  • Failures to check in and our will be handled by the conservation law enforcement officers.
  • Lunga Reservoir
    • People fishing at Lunga Reservoir will be required to check in/ check out of the logbook.
    • See Lunga Reservoir staff for logbook.

Mountain Bikers:

Mountain bikers will need to obtain a plastic NREA card from the game check station if biking in 6C.  When receiving this card, each individual will be issued a permit number.  If biking on mainside, no check in is required.

• Checking in:
  • To check into 6C by sending an email to quan_sac@usmc.mil
    • The title of the email will be “Checking in 6C”
    • The email body will contain: name, permit number, contact phone number, and vehicle information.
• Checking out:
  • To check out of 6C by sending an email to quan_sac@usmc.mil
    • The title of the email will be “Checking out 6C”
    • The email body will contain: name, permit number, and number of hours of activity.
• Additional Information
  • No check in/out required for mainside
  • It is the mountain bikers responsibility to check if the area is open BEFORE arriving in 6C
    • Open areas are posted at the game check station and the weigh station.

UPDATE 29 AUG 2024

Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Division is actively working to establish a new contract for online management of dispersed outdoor recreational activities but will not have one in place for the start of hunting season on 3 September. NREA is anticipating a break in service and will implement new procedures to ensure orderly transition to physical check in system. Procedures will be posted at the Game Check Station (GCS) and on iSportsman site while the service is still active. Starting 3 September, all hunters will be required to come to the GCS to make reservations and check in and out to hunt. Each hunter will be issued a plastic hunting card that will be used to obtain colored daily hunting passes.

GCS staff will place hunters into colored customer categories.  Active duty and their dependents will be placed in Green category. Retired military, retired military dependents, and MCINCR-MCBQ civilian employees will be assigned the Blue category. All other hunters will be placed in the Brown category. Early reservations for general hunting will be available on a first come, first served basis starting at noon at the GCS. Green category hunters will be allotted 70% of reservation passes per training area, Blue will receive 15% and Brown will be assigned the final 15% of reservations passes. Starting at 1600 any remaining passes in a color category will become available to all hunters. Early reservations for waterfowl blinds will be available on a first come, first served basis starting on 30 August at 1130 at the GCS. Color categories will receive the same quota of passes as outlined above. Green category waterfowl hunters will be served first in line followed by Blue and Brown, respectively. Once Brown is served, any remaining waterfowl blinds will become available to all hunters regardless of color category. A calendar will be published at the GCS to inform hunters which blinds are designated for each color category per day. 

GCS is only conducting the waterfowl blind draw on 30 August. No other GCS activities will be conducted on this day. GCS will open at 0730 on 3 September to conduct all other GCS business.

All new and renewal MCB Quantico licenses will be issued at no cost until a new online license sales service is restored. These interim licenses will be issued at the GCS.

All outdoor recreational activities other than hunting will continue to use the iSportsman service. Additional information will be posted on iSportsman before the service expires and at the GCS.

UPDATE 26 AUG 2024

National Public Lands Day, 28 Sept, 0900-1300 - The Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Branch invites you to participate in this national day of service. Together we will uncover an archaeological site currently overgrown with invasive plant species that threaten both the wildlife on Base and an important part of our cultural history. Archaeology and wildlife talks offered. Members of the public who are 14+ years of age are encouraged to volunteer. Email aantram@vt.edu for more information.

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 72 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.

​Sunday Scouting:
​Sunday scouting is permitted 0800-1600. You cannot reserve an area on Saturday to scout Sunday. Additionally, to make a reservation for Monday, you make your reservation on Sunday instead of Saturday.