Wow what a catch! Over 9 lbs, Lake Murray black bass, caught by Advance agent, Mark Kiser. Mark has had tremendous success from early light to around 7:30 using a zara spook lure. He also caught a number of striped bass, along with largemouth bass. Go to our web and see the success Pro-angler Davy Hite had using similar lures.

Hannah Nash (8), of Georgetown, SC bagged her first deer while hunting on youth day with her dad, Mark Nash, and brother, Mark Allen Nash in Kingstree, SC. Hanna was sitting in a stand and dropped this nice doe with a singe shot 243. As you can see fro the pictures, her dad and brother did the honors of the traditional bloody face on the first deer! Hanna is an avid outdoorsman, and is looking forward to next season to get her first buck! Good job Hannah!

Treigh Sullivan, of Lexington, SC bagged this beautiful 10 point, weighing 186 pounds, in Orangeburg County. Treigh was hunting on a fall afternoon in November 2008, with Cole McMillan as his guide. The rut season in South Carolina in November proves every time to be the best part of the season to bag your trophy buck! The big beauty entered the food plot at 4:45 and it took Treigh 15 minutes for the deer to get in the right position. One shot in the shoulder with a 30-06 was all he needed to have this big boy sitting above his mantle. This was Treigh’s first “Big Buck” which as you can see from the photos was truly a beauty. Treigh is in the photo with Parker and Cole McMillan, also of Lexington.

This beauty was caught by David Harley, 14, in a Lexington, South Carolina neighborhood pond. David had been fishing this pond all weekend with no luck. Finally he found a bed and within minutes reeled in this 8 pound bass!
What a great catch David!

Lexington County Monster!
How sweet is the "rut"! While hunting in Lexington County, 13 year old Cole McMillan took his best buck ever while hunting with Coleman and Michael Parks. Cole shot this monster just minutes after getting in the stand while the buck was chasing two does. At 125 yards, he placed the perfect shot. Sporting a 18 1/2 spread and topping the scales at over 202 lbs, this was truly a trophy. Two things made this special: 1) Just 2 days before his father, Mark, missed the monster 2) This prize buck came off a property that Advance is currently marketing to sell. Yes, I bet he has a brother. To view this property – see tract A287.

After working six gobblers for what seemed to be over an hour, a big Tom appeared. He took one look at the decoy and in full stride he was on the decoy within seconds. As Cole was instructed, he waited for another bird to appear for hi brother. Then instantly, another big Tom popped out of the opening in the exact spot Parker was set up. Mark directed “ok on the count of three.” Bang, both birds fell as though it was one shot. What a day! P.S. - the birds are on display in their rooms!

Lee Adams and son Jack enjoy the spoils of a successful youth day hunt in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Congratulations Jack on your first turkey. From your friends at Advance Land and Timber.

Picture1 This is what I call a “Double Play!” November starts off with a bang for Parker (right) and Cole (left) McMillan, sons of Mark McMillan! They bagged some pretty nice bucks to begin the November rut season. While sitting in Orangeburg County on a fall November evening, Parker bagged his first Buck of the season, a nice spike, weighing in at 130 lbs. After a lot of excitement in the stand, I told him and his brother to sit tight, you never know what will happen in the rut! Well, they learned less than 5 minutes later when this nice 185 lb. 8 point came out. Parker drops him in his tracts. This one will go on the wall. Nice job boys!

Picture2 Some would call this a “Triple Play.” Cole McMillan, son of Mark McMillan, shown with his brother Parker and his nice 6 point, 135 lb. taken the next morning in Orangeburg County. You can tell the rut is in! With doe tags in hand, it was all Dad could do to hold Cole back from bagging a nice doe just 20 yards from the stand. Once he was convinced to wait, he was glad he did! 15 yards away, this nice buck walked broad sided. One shot and the rest is pictures! Great shot! Nice father/son hunt. 2 hunts – 3 bucks!

Picture3 It’s hard to believe the temperatures we’ve had in November in the low 80’s. Days like this sometimes make it hard to go sit in a deer stand, so the best next thing to do in the fall is to catch the red fish schooling off the coast of South Carolina. For Parker’s 13th birthday, he wanted to go hunting or fishing. As you can see from the picture, we’re glad we went to the coast. Parker and Cole landed into a school of 8 to 10 lb. Redfish, and caught this double. We ended up the day catching 10 nice Redfish on a beautiful fall morning. We look forward to the next trip out, because all fish were released. Send us an e-mail, and we’ll get you hooked up with some of the best guides in Charleston. Nice job!

At the end of every waterfowl season is a special weekend in which fathers and sons enjoy the outdoors on a special youth hunt day. This weekend is designed for our up-and-coming waterfowl hunters. It is the day when kids only are allowed to hunt, and the dads take the back seat. As you can see from the pictures, this was a very special day for the dads as much as an exciting hunt for the kids.

Blane Hylton, of Hylton Construction, enjoyed a season-ending hunt with his sons Tyler and Tripp, along with Doc. Blane is an avid waterfowl hunter. As the pictures will show, the tradition will continue through the next generation.
Mark McMillan, CEO, Advance Land and Timber with son, Michael (and Mick) enjoyed a sunny morning on youth day where Michael bagged his first green head mallard.
Mark McMillan, President of Advance Land and Timber, along with his two sons, Parker and Cole, and nephew, Mark Allen Nash of Georgetown (and Dixie) picked up a limit of mallards on a successful youth-day hunt. This was a special hunt for Mark Allen, considering it was his first green head mallard. Nice job, guys!

This time it didn’t get away!
This story has definitely earned its ink! Over the years, Carl had watched this buck mature into a quality trophy whitetail. During the 2003 season, he took a shot. He was attempting a neck shot, but the deer turned its head just before he fired. As the picture shows, the bullet went through the deer’s left ear. Carl began the 2004 season with high expectations. He knew the deer he was going to hunt. He wanted another chance at a certain big buck…the one with his trademark! In the early season, just before dusk, he thought he saw him just over 250 yards away. He fired off a shot, this time at the shoulder. One look at the ear told him it was the buck of his dreams! When Carl first tried for him in 2003, he knew he was a trophy, but he had obviously grown over the next season, sporting over 22” inside spread, 8 points with heavy mass, tipping the scales at 238 lbs. Carl has harvested many quality B & C bucks. Needless to say, this one will be on his wall, and he’ll have the story to go with it.
Carl knows what it takes to produce these kinds of results. Much of the land he is selling with Advance lies in parts of the state that produce quality bucks such as this. In order to have quality deer of this magnitude, you have to start with property that can produce quality whitetail. Give him a call and he will be happy to tell you what he has in inventory!