I've had opposite results from Beard Buster. Although a lot of that depends on exactly how thorough a job the loggers did. If they left a lot of piles, snags and extra debris on the ground, then you can forget about calling a turkey through it, especially an eastern. It would be like trying to fish a brush pile with a diving crankbait.... too much to hang up on. There is some food later on in the year though, and as the summer increases there is a good chance you'll see both deer and turkey finding food out in the new cuts.

Where I have found success around new cuts has been just that... AROUND new cuts. Lots of times logging crews will build pretty decent roads, these become pretty popular strutting areas. If there was another, older cutover adjacent to this new one, hens will nest quite often in the thicker cut as they can see well... especially if there are high trees nearby to roost in.

Our place got logged about a year ago, and it absolutely killed the turkey hunting there last spring. Not to mention that I'd just signed and paid the lease when it started. I was furious.. and screwed.