Yep - Maine had lots of grouse near logged areas. Logged areas also had tons of blackberry & raspberry sprouting, which the deer hit hard. The tips of those berry canes here nipped like surgeons did it.
Washington hawthorn (small trees that grow up to about 15 ft. here) make for good browse, lots of red berries that birds love - especially grouse, and "limb-y" thorny dense cover for excellent bird nesting. Our haws here make lots of red berries about 3/8" diameter - provided they get sunlight. They need sunlight. They don't produce much at all in shady areas. Deer eat the tender twigs and shoots that don't have thorns on them, as the bigger limbs do. If you let the lower limbs go un-pruned, haws keep limbs down around 3 ft. off the ground, allowing deer to browse them - at least the non-thorny tips. Thorns are like 1 1/2" to 2" needles, which make for super bird nesting in the dense branches. Those tweety birds feast on bad bugs. Birds & squirrels spread the berry seeds, so we get free seedlings popping up in many places. In areas where hawthorns get thick enough to form thickets, deer will readily bed in them - people don't want to walk in them due to needle thorns. It's an excellent habitat tree for us here. Flushed many grouse from them. We love 'em!!