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What’s the Value of Family Ties
Editor’s Note: If Mossy Oak Properties’ clients only use their forestlands to grow trees, they’ll lose much of the true value of their property. "My family is not only in the timber business but also in the relationship business," says Nordeck Thompson of Huntland, Tennessee. "If I'm going to do business with you, I want to be your friend. So I use my family's forestlands to build friendships and business relationships that help me grow my family's business on the land where we also grow timber."
 Nordeck Thompson, who has five daughters and a son, says, "If I couldn't take my family hunting and enjoy the land for more than the timber it produced, then the land wouldn't be nearly as valuable to me. A friend once told me, 'if you teach your children to hunt, you won't have to hunt your children.' So my family not only uses our land to grow timber but also to strengthen our family ties and help our friends grow strong family ties." The Thompsons have such a strong belief in using the land to build family ties that they often invite their customers and their customers' children on hunts to give their customers opportunities to build stronger relationships with their own families. Some years ago, doctors diagnosed Nordeck Thompson's father, Bill, with lung cancer. Before Bill Thompson passed away, Nordeck Thompson took him on his last turkey hunt. The two men had a great hunt together on their family land and bagged two gobblers. At the end of the hunt, Bill Thompson told Nordeck, "We've taken enough turkeys. Let's go home." Bill Thompson enjoyed his last days on his family’s land.
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