WV hunter -

One other suggestion, especially if the soil is acidic, and or dry, would be blackberry. Blackberry transplants real well, in the spring well before any leaves form, take a set of clippers and a spade and head out to an overgrown feild. Its easy to get permission to dig up blackberry. Cut the stems about 6" above the ground, and dig out the roots, each root clump is about the size of a 3 lb coffee can, you can fill the bed of a pick up truck in less than an hour.

Plant them in stategic locations, about 5 ft apart. They will do best if you have at least 50% sunlight. The first year you will get 4 ft of growth, and the second year they start spreading. Black berry is a 2 year cycle for berry production. The new shoots that come the first summer will not produce berrys that year. The second year they will, the thrid year the stalk will die, but others will be shooting up from the root ball each year.

Its tough to beat a good briar patch for bedding, and browse. Rabbits like it alot too. Especially if some young pines are intermixed (maybe you can leave some selectivley). This way you'd have a thicket in two years time.