It’s about more than just the hunt. Here at Monquin Creek, we specialize in the experience.
Aside from helping others harvest the game of their dreams, it is our priority to educate others and teach techniques to be successful.
We offer some of the highest quality hunts in the state for even the most experienced hunters. Our land management practices provide a nearly 100% success rate for our clients. The variety of hunts we offer is applicable to all experience levels—from novice to expert hunters.
Our bottom line: We strive to provide successful and memorable hunting experiences and do our part to get others engaged in the outdoors, all while contributing to the conservation of wildlife so future generations can enjoy the abundant hunting opportunities that Virginia has to offer.
Types of Hunts we Provide at Monquin Creek Outdoors
Turkey Hunts
Monquin Creek offers some of the most superior turkey hunting in Virginia. We have access to six counties across the state and over 25,000 acres, providing ample opportunity for our clients to be successful on a spring or fall turkey hunt. Our guides have more than 30 years of combined experience calling in longbeards and gobblers in both the spring and the fall.
The landscape for turkey hunting varies, ranging from farms, hills, pastures, and along rivers, to large timber pines and cutovers. Our land management practices are strategically implemented across these properties to provide nutrition for a healthy population of turkeys. These food plots typically consist of corn, milo, clover, oats, wheat, and rye.
Waterfowl Hunts
Monquin Creek proudly offers waterfowl hunting services in Virginia.
Our Virginia waterfowl season begins in April when we start planting food sources for the winter migration of waterfowl. Food sources include corn, soybeans, Japanese millet, and milo. Monquin Creek also establishes wood duck houses around the property to assist in raising young wood ducks. These wood duck houses are also used as an educational resource for youth.
As conservation stewards, we aim to do our part to help the waterfowl population thrive by engaging in trapping efforts of various furbearers and other waterfowl predators ahead of the season to help ducklings survive. Come September, we begin scouting and observing the migration of ducks, geese, and swans.
Duck Hunting
Our Virginia duck hunts primarily consist of marshes, rivers, ponds, creeks, and field impoundments. Hunters can take a variety of species of ducks including pintail, redhead, canvasback, widgeon, gadwalls, shoveler, green-wing teal, blue-wing teal, black duck, mallard, wood duck, divers (including bluebill), and ringed-necks.
On our Pamukey River waterfowl hunts, hunters have a chance to harvest a variety of waterfowl out of strategically positioned duck blinds, including wood ducks, widgeon, pintails, and gadwalls. We also have pit blinds established for goose hunts. Other types of divers and puddle ducks can be hunted in different locations that we have reserved for our hunters.
Swan Hunts
In Virginia, we primarily provide hunts on large agriculture fields and field impoundments. Virginia currently issues a limited number of permits per year which will need to be drawn by the hunter. Check the Virginia Department of Wildlife’s website for further information.
Goose Hunts
Monquin Creek offers goose hunts in Virginia beginning in September with the September resident goose season. You will have the opportunity to hunt farm ponds and first-cut corn fields, along with access to local golf courses to help control geese populations. The winter migration of Canadian geese arrives in late October and typically lasts until March. We have Canada geese that roost on our properties and feed on our agriculture fields every year, which provides great opportunities for corporate events or large hunting groups to hunt together.
Whitetail Hunts
Monquin Creek Outfitters offers some of the best whitetail deer hunting in the state of Virginia. We pursue mature whitetail deer that average 3 years or older and score 130 or better.
We ensure quality deer hunts by monitoring trail cameras year-round for predators and deer herd populations. Our land management practices include strategically placing food plots across our properties to include corn, milo, clover, oats, wheat, and rye.
To avoid pressuring deer populations for their continued health and the success of our clients, we have established deer sanctuaries on all our properties.
Additionally, tree stands are strategically placed to take advantage of the deer movement and wind direction for every hunt.
Working with our partners, Monquin Creek has been under the QDMA program for more than 15 years. We have also worked with the Virginia Department of Wildlife and the DMAP program in managing herd populations and establishing quality whitetail bucks.
Dove Hunts
In our opinion, there is no better way to kick-off the fall hunting season than with an action-packed day of hunting doves! Our dove hunts take place in a variety of favored dove habitats and provide a thrilling experience for our hunters. Our dove hunting packages are a great opportunity to invite friends and family to dove hunt with you for a memorable and exciting day of hunting.
Rabbit Hunts
We recognize that our clients’ rabbit hunting interests vary, as some may have dogs of their own while others prefer to have trained dogs and a guide provided. While we attempt to accommodate the interests of our clients based on the packages listed below, please contact us if you have further questions.
Upland Bird Hunts
Our partners—Cumberland Estate and Preserve at Dundee—offer some of the best upland bird preserve hunting opportunities in Central Virginia. Additionally, Monquin Creek now offers wild quail and woodcock hunts on our properties. On thousands of acres of well-managed wildlife habitat with well-trained dogs, Monquin Creek and our partners seek to offer successful hunts for diverse levels of expertise in upland bird hunting.
Monquin Creek’s woodcock and quail hunting opportunities are not on a preserve. Monquin Creek guides hunts for wild, federally regulated, migratory birds. Please review the information below:
*Please note: ALL hunters who plan to hunt migratory birds (including dove and woodcock) must be registered with the Virginia Harvest Information Program (HIP) in addition to having a valid Virginia hunting license. Please visit DWR’s website to learn more and to register for HIP. Hunters do not need a HIP permit to hunt quail—just a valid Virginia hunting license.
Please view DWR’s 2022-2023 Migratory Gamebird Digest, or visit DWR’s website which includes information about in and out-of-state license requirements, permitting, and migratory bird hunting information.
Bear Hunts
While many of our eastern properties do hold bears, currently, most of our bear hunts will take place at our Daniel’s Run location in the western part of the state. Typically, we encourage our clients to pursue our fall bear and deer combined package, as bear and deer seasons generally take place at the same time. However, there is an opportunity to book a bear hunt only. Please contact us for more information.
Fishing
We offering various fishing charters from fresh water to salt water to deep sea and off-shore.
