​Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is located in Southern California and offers a variety of hunting and fishing opportunities for active-duty military, retired military, and DoD personnel. Camp Pendleton is also open for youth hunting, allowing the younger generation a chance to get out and hunt. For regular hunting opportunities, the camp holds weekly lotteries for waterfowl and deer while also featuring small game and coyote hunting. Visit Camp Pendleton with iSportsman for your next hunting trip. Learn more about recreation opportunities at MCB Camp Pendleton.

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Visit the MCB Pendleton iSportsman portal to log into your iSportsman account with Pendleton. Here is where you will purchase permits and complete safety briefs.

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With the Avenza Maps app you can navigate through MCB Pendleton with the ability to distinguish off-limit areas, archery hunting only areas, lakes, streams and more.

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Before recreating at MCB Pendleton, be sure to review both the base-specific rules and hunting regulations as well as the California state hunting regulations.

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Camp Pendleton marines await ducks at the bases San Jacincto wildlife area

What You Need to Hunt at Camp Pendleton

Whether its your first time hunting on Camp Pendleton, or just your first time using iSportsman to hunt on a military installation, this helpful round-up of information breaks down everything you need to know to go outdoor like a pro.

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How to Win a Hunting Lottery at Camp Pendleton

High-pressure hunting areas can be hard to score, but iSportsman has rounded up the details you need to be as prepared as possible to make sure you enter lottery hunts at Marine Corps Base Pendleton correctly, on time, and with the best chance to win.

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Eric Strand, a hunter with Born and Raised Outdoors, walks through Stuart Mesa Pond with a duck he shot during a waterfowl hunt on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 16, 2021. Pendleton Marines teamed up with Born and Raised Outdoors to enjoy the sport of hunting and help bring awareness to to the installation's wildlife conservation efforts. Pendleton’s game wardens allow hunting on base to aid in managing wildlife population levels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)
on Phelps and his horse takes a break during the 2nd Annual Camp Pendleton Historic Ride on Camp Pendleton, Calif. May 5, 2018. The Historic Ride is held to afford participants the opportunity to see Camp Pendleton from horseback. The route taken pays homage to its evolution from the Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores Ranch in 1841 to the Marine Corps’ premier training base on the West Coast. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan C. Bustos)

iSportsman’s HazRDS Maximizes Safety on Camp Pendleton

Learn how Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton improved the way they manage nuisance wildlife/human interactions using iSportsman’s HazRDS online tool. HazRDS was created to promote safer environmental recreation, allowing user to identify UXOs, concertina wire, and other hazards discovered while outdoors.

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