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North Carolina's forest land is one of the greatest influences on the state providing great economic value and adding immeasurably to the quality of life for its citizens. North Carolina ranks fourth in terms of total forested acreage. Our forests cover more than 18.3 million acres, approximately 57% of the state's total land area. The majority of the state's forested land, some 13.8 million acres, is in non-industrial private ownership, while approximately 1.1 million acres are in national fore... Keep Reading »

Anyone who has felt the warmth of a fire and enjoyed it's friendly light knows that fire is not always a devastating blaze. Our ancestors considered fire, along with air, water and earth, a basic element. Long ago, they learned to use and control fire. It was, perhaps, their first tool. Most people are careful with fire. They build fires in the right places and at the right time. They keep them the proper size and put them out before leaving them. But some people don't, and the result can be cat... Keep Reading »

Have you ever wanted to take your property to that next level, where you see more turkeys, bigger whitetails, or more small game : IE Quail or Rabbit's You to let us help you with a Trademarked design and development plan. We call it QHD, Quailty Habitat development plan. This is a custom made plan that will allow us to help you grow your property into that property that you never would have dreamed of! With over 25 years of creating and developing our own properties, as they say in Missour... Keep Reading »

The number one thing you need to understand when it comes to managing for wild quail is that there is four major needs in terms of habitat. FOOD WATER AND COVER! NESTING and Brooding Cover Feeding- Food plots, Small Grains Loafing and Travel Hedge Rows that link up to the above cover types Lastly The ROOSTING Cover of thickets, Clear Cuts or Seccisonal Cover that allows over head as well as a Bramble not easily penatrated by Mamamalian Predators. "If Habitat cannot ... Keep Reading »

Important Considerations for Quality Food Plot Management Programs courtesy of Wildlife Trends It is late September and rain and deer season (depending on which state you hunt in) are in the forecast. The time to plant has finally arrived!! You had your food plots limed the previous spring to allow adequate time to raise the soil pH for productive plots in the fall. Countless hours have been spent on your tractor fighting the late summer heat to create a quality seedbed in preparation for this... Keep Reading »

Courtesy of Wildlife Trends It is summer again. It is hot and dry and most ponds are, to one degree or another, going down. Unfortunately, it looks like we are going into yet another drought summer. It’s time to think about options for aerating your pond or otherwise making it less likely that you suffer a fish kill. First, we must define some terms so we all understand what we, or I, mean when we say ‘aeration’. Now when most pondowners or casual observers say ‘aeration&... Keep Reading »

Its Time to go Dove hunting agian. But it is not the time to start your field management thou, We here at Valentine land and timber have been putting on Dove hunts for over 10 years. We have learned a lot since we first started. The first Key is early planting of Corn and Sunflowers on 30 inch rows and good weed/grass managment throughout the year.  Then we learned the key is a very clean understory and sparying in the first weeks of August to create the burn down of the sunflowers and the ... Keep Reading »

Its Time to go Dove hunting agian. But it is not the time to start your field management though, We here at Valentine land and timber have been putting on Dove hunts for over 10 years. We have learned a lot since we first started. The first Key is early planting, by March 25th to April 5th  with, Corn and Sunflowers on 30 inch rows and good weed/grass managment throughout the year.  Then we learned a really important key. That was keeping a very clean understory and... Keep Reading »

Here at Valentine Land and Timber LLC we manage for all types of wildlife but the most sucessful recovery of a game animal in North America is the  eastern wild Turkey. The 2000 acres of prime habitat on  the Neuse River is a wonderful example of the management and the conservation of this great game bird. We have waited for years to build our flock and allow limited hunting opportunity for the speical youth season. This hunt will take place on the first weekend of April... Keep Reading »

Hey Duck hunters, its time to install or clean out those wood duck boxes. We here at Valentine land and timber LLC just install 68 boxes on our Whites Mill pond Property. A big Shout out goes to the Ducks Unlimited Chapter of Winston Salem, Thank You Jim Shout and Brian Maddison. The box installation has some speicalized propuse. We need more nesting sites for Wood ducks, the best way increase the population on your property. Here is some pictures of the install, that may help you get some ... Keep Reading »

IT's DEER season agian, and we here at Valentine land and timber llc offer father son and daughter hunts at our two farms in Lenoir County and Halifax County. The hunts are $325 per day and lodging is $50.00 per group a night. We already have had a good group come with Oct 14th. There was 7 deer killed for 10 hunters and we had a few shirt tales on one young hunter that missed five times, But hey its all fun and we are know how it feels to just not be on. But practice and bench time will he... Keep Reading »

Hunting Guide Services Valentine Land and Timber’s Guide Service has over 5000 acres of land currently under active wildlife management. We have separated ourselves from other guide services in that we have strived to provide our hunters with some of the most unique and intensely managed hunting tracts in the Eastern United States.  Point of Neuse Plantation 2000 Acres  Tick Bite  Lenoir County, NC Our first tract, Point of Neuse Plantation, consists of over 2000 acres of bo... Keep Reading »