About Valentine Land & Timber
Skip Valentine -President, Broker-in-Charge
Skip, an avid outdoorsman in his own right, shares his father's passion and is dedicated to furthering a vision of cultivating and preserving critical habitat for our nation's wildlife. Skip has a degree in business management from North Carolina State University. He has traveled all over the world chasing various big game species in destinations from Africa to outer Mongolia. He is an avid bird hunter, enjoying both upland bird and waterfowl hunting and the conservation of both. A former pro-staff biologist for Tecomate Wildlife Systems, Skip has always been on the leading edge of wildlife management. His knowledge, skill, experience, and passion are evident in his work.
At the age of 18, Skip became a licensed real estate broker. Since then, he has made over 2500 real estate transactions. Since 2006 Valentine Land and Timber has sold over 90 million in recreational Real Estate in NC and VA. VLT can and will do everything it takes to help you by matching buyer and seller needs. Skip is also experienced in timber brokerage and management for both wildlife habitat and investment. When not spending time in the great outdoors hunting and fishing, Skip enjoys sharing his knowledge with young sportsman by putting on youth hunts as well as sponoring various non profits that promote the sport of hunting.
Carlton Hinnant -Broker, Horticulturist, CROP depredation Contractor
Carlton's passion is for the outdoors,whether it's hunting, fishing or planting trees for wildlife habitat. He has a degree in Horticulture from NCSU, and has owned and operated Hinnants Nusery in Angier, NC for the past 32 years. He brings a wealth of knowledge about wildlife habitat and food plot management to the VLT team. Since 1992 Carlton has contracted crop depredation services to both land owners and the subdivisons that have nuisance wildlife. He has shown homeowners and landowners that by planting deer resistent oramentals you can have a beautiful landscape without deer damage. Carlton spends a lot of time in the woods and on the road looking for that perfect tract for hunting.
Jeff Wolgemuth -Broker, Registered Forester
Jeff brings 30 years of experience as a certified forester in both NC and Virginia. As a buyer and seller of land and timber, Jeff will give you his best in ever aspect of the land and timber experience. He has sold over 20 million worth of land and timber in his career and we are proud to have him on our staff to serve all our customers. Jeff is also a licensed captain and guides fishing trips on the Roanoke for Stripers and Shad. If you want the best river trip you can get then book a day with Jeff and enjoy a wealth of knowledge in the outdoors.
Danny Foss- Wildlife Manager and Full Time Caretaker- Point of the Neuse Plantation- Lenior County
Danny is the backbone and the DO! behind all the wildlife management at VLT with over 20 years experience farming and trapping. Danny brings a very important element to the Valentine Land and Timber team. Operations manager on over 7000 acres, Danny spends most of his time improving and developing habitat on the 2000 acres in Lenior county where he and his wife Monica and daughter Abby live full time. Danny says, " I got the greatest job in the world and I live it every day I wake up!" This year during muzzleloader season Danny harvested the largest buck in VLT managed property history on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. This buck scored over 160 inches and aged at 5.5 years old. "This deer was a dream come true for me to harvest, I have to work all the time and for it to work out that I got the chance at this buck shows in the management styles and practices that Skip has put in place." This is Danny's 10th year working for the Valentines. It's getting better every year, and we hope to see you soon... maybe at "TICK BITE" or in a duck blind.
