Hey VA guys, I'm a lawyer from Mass but every year I try to attend a seminar in D.C just so I can hunt a day or two at MCB Quantico. I went to Basic School there in the late '80's and for those that have problems with access, this place is great. For example, even though back home I walk to my stands out my back door to 1400 acres of state land and a large private conservation area in one of the burbs around Boston with very little hunting pressure, I am willing to take a few days to hunt at the MCB. Like most bases, the training area is crisscrossed with tank trails and other roads and there are plenty of firebreaks and LZs all of which provide habitat and forage; periodically, the base does control burns which allows much fairly good silent movement. Thus, still hunting, although still extremely challenging, is fairly possible with a bow. The last time I visited, I landed at noon rented my car and headed for the base in the middle of a noreaster which ended just as I was driving out to my assigned area (wich itself had to have been at least 1500 acres). I spent the next two hours still hunting the edge of an LZ and playing hide and seek from over 30 deer, one of which was the biggest buck I had ever seen. Even though I did not fill my tag that day, and the following week back home I had my first buck with a bow, I remember it as one of the exciting days of hunting I have ever had.

To hunt, you have to sit through a class to get your license, I believe the class runs every day during season at zero dark-thirty. I understand that the weekends can be crowded and hunters are assigned priority based on military status. Looking forward to this going this October again